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To Bridge Or Not To Bridge

Howdy. I have a Krell KAV-500 with five channels running only three Thiel SCS4 speakers. I don't have any need of the other two channels for the foreseeable future.

Anyone see why I shouldn't bridge two of the channels to give the center more power?

It sounds fine now but more power never seems to hurt with Thiels. The only reason I ask is that I don't want to undo all those screws if there is a reason not to do it in the first place. Thanks!
leoturetsky

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schipo
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To Bridge or not to Bridge that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
bad sound with tinny highs and boomy bass or to spend an outrageous fortune cleaning it up by Bridging your amps.
Or to take up your entire system against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing the purchase to buy newer equiptment? To die: to sleep and listen no more to a bad sound system.
No more; and by a sleep to say we end by removing that one troubling piece of gear,
The heart-ache of removing it and the thousand natural shocks of electricity because you forgot to unplug the amps.
That flesh is fried to a complete crisp 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd that I turned the power off instead. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream and wake to a better Stereo seperation ay, there's the rub;It's not my gear at all BUT THE ROOM.
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