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<blockquote data-quote="Prowler573" data-source="post: 3165549" data-attributes="member: 561023">&quot;Bridging&quot; an amp is the act of combining two lower power channels which otherwise run in stereo into a single, more powerful monaural output. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif&nbsp;^^^What you&#039;ve described there is wiring two separate drivers in parallel with one another.If the combination of X amount of speakers, when wired together, maintains a nominal final impedence of 4 Ohms AND the power output of the amp in question @ that resistance is adequate for the speakers you&#039;ve attached to it then, in theory, the number of speakers you can attach to that single output is unlimited.Not always. I am a stickler for buying my headunits BNIB from an authorized reseller because I want a valid, manufacturer-backed warranty. I once had a Kenwood eXcelon KDC-X569. The warranty on eXcelon HUs when sourced from an authorized retailer is two years. 22 months after buying it the CD player went on the fritz. All I had to do was call up Crutchfield, get an RA#, and send it in for warranty repair (shipping both ways on their dime FTW!)Had I purchased that deck elsewhere I would have had two choices - pay for the repair myself or have a really nice AM/FM stereo. There are demonstrable advantages to buying authorized retail //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gifIf you really mean this then I am amazed that you do not burn equipment as a matter of regular course.The subs the OP is talking about won&#039;t be good for more than 200w of clean power RMS. Going by your theory should he have went ahead and bought an amp capable of 1,600w and ran them off of that?That&#039;s simply moronic...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Prowler573, post: 3165549, member: 561023"] "Bridging" an amp is the act of combining two lower power channels which otherwise run in stereo into a single, more powerful monaural output. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif[/IMG] ^^^What you've described there is wiring two separate drivers in parallel with one another. If the combination of X amount of speakers, when wired together, maintains a nominal final impedence of 4 Ohms [B]AND[/B] the power output of the amp in question @ that resistance is adequate for the speakers you've attached to it then, in theory, the number of speakers you can attach to that single output is unlimited. Not always. I am a stickler for buying my headunits BNIB from an authorized reseller because I want a valid, manufacturer-backed warranty. I once had a Kenwood e[COLOR=Red]X[/COLOR]celon KDC-X569. The warranty on e[COLOR=Red]X[/COLOR]celon HUs when sourced from an authorized retailer is two years. [I]22[/I] months after buying it the CD player went on the fritz. All I had to do was call up Crutchfield, get an RA#, and send it in for warranty repair (shipping both ways on their dime FTW!) Had I purchased that deck elsewhere I would have had two choices - pay for the repair myself or have a really nice AM/FM stereo. There are demonstrable advantages to buying authorized retail [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif[/IMG] If you really mean this then I am amazed that you do not burn equipment as a matter of regular course. The subs the OP is talking about won't be good for more than 200w of clean power RMS. Going by your theory should he have went ahead and bought an amp capable of 1,600w and ran them off of that? That's simply moronic... [/QUOTE]

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