Bridging amp question

[tractng 10+ year member]

Guys,

I have a Phoenix gold amp R5.04

I want to bridge the channels to power my front components.

Since I am bridging it, do I still leave all 2 pairs of rca interconnect intact or do I remove one pair?

Also, there is a switch of 4 channel and 2 channel. I am assuming I will need to switch to the 2 channel mode?

Thanks a lot.

Tony

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[thch 10+ year member]

You can easily test things out by removing an input to the amp while the amp is playing. in a bridged configuration the amp will work with only one of the two channels receiving a signal, but the issue is that the second channel would not contribute anything and would just serve to reduce performance.

thus if you plugged the same signal into, say channel 1 & 2 and played some music/tones, you would notice a drop in volume if you were to suddenly pull the signal from channel 2.

so if you really want answers, you could just try it out.