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<blockquote data-quote="Ivan Beaver" data-source="post: 76171" data-attributes="member: 30">Re: Stereo vs bridged monoActually you are not looking at the specs close enough.Since an amp in bridged mode is essentially having each side of the amp drive a 2 ohm load.&nbsp; OS if you look at the 2 ohm rating in stereo-it is the same 1% THD.And if you look at the 8 ohm bridged mode you will see that it is rated at 0.1%THD-the same as when driving a 4 ohm load per channel.So I don&#039;t see anything in the specs that would make me say that running a bridged amp has a higher distortion than stereo.Now if you are going to compare the same impedance-then you ALSO need to compare at the same output power.&nbsp; Yet the bridged output is over 3 times the stereo output.&nbsp; If we were to turn down the bridged output to the same level-the distortion should go down. ( I can&#039;t say for sure on that particular amp).So you have to compare apples to apples.But I do agree that the THD in most cases is nothing to &quot;get you panties in a wad&quot; about.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ivan Beaver, post: 76171, member: 30"] Re: Stereo vs bridged mono Actually you are not looking at the specs close enough. Since an amp in bridged mode is essentially having each side of the amp drive a 2 ohm load. OS if you look at the 2 ohm rating in stereo-it is the same 1% THD. And if you look at the 8 ohm bridged mode you will see that it is rated at 0.1%THD-the same as when driving a 4 ohm load per channel. So I don't see anything in the specs that would make me say that running a bridged amp has a higher distortion than stereo. Now if you are going to compare the same impedance-then you ALSO need to compare at the same output power. Yet the bridged output is over 3 times the stereo output. If we were to turn down the bridged output to the same level-the distortion should go down. ( I can't say for sure on that particular amp). So you have to compare apples to apples. But I do agree that the THD in most cases is nothing to "get you panties in a wad" about. [/QUOTE]

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