Bridging components good or bad for SQ?

[Youhearthat? 10+ year member]

Was looking to get more power to my bostons pro, so can I bridge them but that wont affect sq at all or will it add distortion?

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[Youhearthat? 10+ year member]

This is on a JL Audio e6450 amp, I have six channels to play with

I have 4 mids and 2 tweeters with their respective crossovers EACH

 

[analogkid]

if you have six speakers and six channels what are you bridging? do you mean bridging the 4 mid channels to 2?

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

bridging 2 channels on an amp to get more power won't hurt sound quality.... not that I'm aware of... my 6.5's sound great.

 

[Youhearthat? 10+ year member]

no just bridging the front components and the rears in 5 and 6 channels, or will you guys wire it another way... the front boston compoents have separate crossovers for tweeter and woofer.

 

[kuijo 10+ year member]

Just don't bridge right channel speakers with left channel speakers.

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

yea i bridged my 4 channel amp for more power... sounds better

 

[bri487 5,000+ posts]

i would bi-amp those components to get more power, if that is do-able with your crossover.

 

[DiamondFanatic 10+ year member]

i would bi-amp those components to get more power, if that is do-able with your crossover.

Agreed

 

[Youhearthat? 10+ year member]

i think it is, how do you biamp them?

 

[cdtizgod 10+ year member]

i got my 5 channel running in 3 channel mode, sounds perfectly fine

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

distortion goes up, but - assuming your speakers can make use of it - the gain in power will benefit SQ far more than the slight gain in THD will hurt it.

 

[Youhearthat? 10+ year member]

but how do you biamp this boston pro components

 

[Youhearthat? 10+ year member]

they have one crossover for speaker and tweeter

 

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

I dunno about bridging will affect the SQ but it will mess up the time alignment setup i believe.