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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 10:47 PM
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bridging channels

hey guys, quick question. can an amp push a set of 2 ohm speakers and a set of 4 ohm speakers (assuming it is both 2 and 4 ohm stable) off of one bridged channel?
Old Jun 18, 2007 | 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by vannymck
hey guys, quick question. can an amp push a set of 2 ohm speakers and a set of 4 ohm speakers (assuming it is both 2 and 4 ohm stable) off of one bridged channel?
No.

....assuming I've understood your question.
Old Jun 18, 2007 | 11:21 PM
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damn, well that sucks
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 02:04 PM
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had to read that twice lol

but no i don't think you can run different resistence with bridged channels.
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 02:21 PM
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2 channel or 4 channel amp.
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 04:11 PM
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4 channel. i was planning on running my 6's in the doors off one channel, and my 5" rear fill and 3.5" dash off of the other channel, but the 5's are 4 ohm and the 3.5's are 2 ohm. it will be fine, i'll just run the 3.5's off the deck, and keep the 5's on the amp.
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 04:40 PM
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you could wire a 4 and a 2 ohm speaker in series for a 6 ohm load and run that off a bridged amp.
then you could wire the right side the same and run them off the other bridged output.
But why? Now you'd be back to running 4 speakers off a 4 ch amp.

Get another amp.
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 04:46 PM
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haha, yea its not even worth it. the dash speakers are 35 rms, so i'll just underpower them a bit off of the dash, its not worth the hassle or money getting another amp and all that jazz
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 04:50 PM
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Assuming you're deck will run at 2 ohms per channel...
Old Jun 19, 2007 | 05:08 PM
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oh , i forgot about that.......



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