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Post by thompson12 on Dec 3, 2015 21:11:24 GMT -5
Can I use more then one channel of my XPA-5 gen1 to hook up to my center channel speaker, Its a Tekton Pendragon center and has only one set of connectors
Mitch
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Post by AudioHTIT on Dec 3, 2015 21:13:08 GMT -5
No, you would be paralleling the output of the amp which is not advisable.
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Post by hemster on Dec 3, 2015 21:28:09 GMT -5
^This.
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Post by thompson12 on Dec 3, 2015 21:33:18 GMT -5
Yah that's what I was thinking bummer  the Sherboun amps were bridgeable, I didn't know if these would just automatically do it if you wired them like that Mitch |
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Post by vcautokid on Dec 3, 2015 21:37:41 GMT -5
Actually Internally it has to be switched because at not time in bridged mode does the Grounds act like well grounds. You are effectively for the lack of a better explanation, "Nespresso here", tying all the outputs together. Hence greater power output. You also halve the amplifier perceived impedance as a bonus just for playing Bridging. The XPA-5 has allot of power in 4 or 8 ohms, so I think you are in fine shape. Also of course, the XPA-5 may not be bridged. I omitted that bit there. Oops.
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Post by foggy1956 on Dec 3, 2015 21:51:31 GMT -5
Yah that's what I was thinking bummer the Sherboun amps were bridgeable, I didn't know if these would just automatically do it if you wired them like that Mitch Thinking you ain't gonna need more than 1 channel with the Pen?  |
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Post by thompson12 on Dec 3, 2015 22:13:08 GMT -5
Yah that's what I was thinking bummer the Sherboun amps were bridgeable, I didn't know if these would just automatically do it if you wired them like that Mitch Thinking you ain't gonna need more than 1 channel with the Pen? Probably not but they always say you can never have to much power and I'll be adding mono blocks so I'll have two extra channels Mitch |
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Post by thompson12 on Dec 3, 2015 22:18:02 GMT -5
Yah that's what I was thinking bummer the Sherboun amps were bridgeable, I didn't know if these would just automatically do it if you wired them like that Mitch Thinking you ain't gonna need more than 1 channel with the Pen? The Pendragons are so big they just look like they want more power Mitch |
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Post by AudioHTIT on Dec 4, 2015 7:57:58 GMT -5
The Pendragons are so big they just look like they want more power Mitch Any channels that are left unused will in essence contribute to available power in the power supply (to a point). My XPA-7 – like the XPA-5 – is rated at 200WPC all channels driven, but if only two channels are used it delivers over 500WPC. Don't worry about unused channels, they're still part of the game. |
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Post by thompson12 on Dec 4, 2015 8:20:10 GMT -5
I'll be running the Pendragon as center and EMO ERT-8.3's for the rear, since I can only use one channel per speaker I will probably after a while pull out my EMO ERD-1's and hang them on the wall for sides and have my first go at a 7.2 system
Mitch
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Post by smarties on Mar 3, 2016 4:13:01 GMT -5
If you connect two channels of the amplifier into one set of speaker inputs, you'll blow both channels on your amplifier.
Most amps can't be bridged, and I wouldn't recommend bridging anyway.
If your speaker has two sets of inputs (biwire/bi-wamp) then you could bi-amp your center. But since it doesn't, you can't.
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the Sherboun amps were bridgeable, I didn't know if these would just automatically do it if you wired them like that 
