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Appendix A – Bridging
The Architect
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Appendix A - Bridging The
Architect Amplifier
To increase the output power of the Architect, you can
join (bridge) the two channels of the Architect into a single
channel of over 400 watts. To accomplish this just engage the
MONO/STEREO switch on the rear panel and make sure the
input level controls on each channel are adjusted the same.
Then connect the speaker terminals as shown in the diagram
below.
Caution -
When bridging the Architect, the
minimum speaker load impedance on that
bridged output is 4 ohms. In a bridged
system, each channel of the bridged pair
“sees” one half of the speaker load. This
means that a bridged amp driving a 4-ohm speaker
load is operating into a 2-ohm load.
Bridged connection speaker hookup