Bridging amps, Good idea or bad idea?


I own a Cambridge Audio 840W, which can be bridged, which makes each amp a 500w mono block as opposed to a 200w stereo amp. That's 1Kw PER CHANNEL! Are there any downsides to doing this? Will there be added distortion, or will it chnage the sound any negatively? I already high pass my speakers because I use a sub so they only get 80hz+ as it is.
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Showing 1 response by danielk141

The damping factor is also cut in half.
More power, (on paper), and less bass.
I've tried it with Adcom & Parasound.
Both brands sounded better using just one channel of each amp.
That allowed the whole stereo amp transformer to supply one channel...
Try it in your setup.