You lost me. What do you mean by bridged. Why would you ever want mono. Wouldn’t you lose stero? Wouldn’t this be like listening to an AM radio. I still don’t understand why people would ever buy a $20,000 turn table because don’t you looses lot of detail compared to digital by way of CD player. The first thing I noticed when hearing vinyl is the crisp highs disappeared such as cymbals. The tightness of sound disappears and sounds muddy. I have read articles about this and many think listening to music played on vinyl sounds inferior to digital. Vinyl sounds warmer but the detail disappears. I like to hear the detail. Kind of compares to listening to compressed music as compared to listening to 16 and 24 bit.
Benchmark AHB2 - To 'mono' or not to 'mono'
I own a single Benchmark AHB2 amp and have been considering another in order to run both in bridged mono mode, which will provide significantly more power to my speakers and presumably, greater dynamics. I've read in other threads where other owners (and perhaps others with opinions) had implied both positive and negative impressions concerning this approach. Assuming I'm not considering purchasing other amps at this time, does anyone have experience with both approaches and will you please share your impressions?