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mzoghbi
hey guys, is it good to bride the trible like we bridge the bass on an amp.
Cheers
Michael
Liquidity
I'm not sure what you mean, but in every situation i can think of, the answer no. The smaller "tweeters" (speakers that play only treble) dont need much power to go f*****g loud, in fact, most of them cant handle much power, they dont need to (And they are too small to dissapate the heat caused...but eh).

What exactly do you mean though...bridging as in powering 1 tweeter from two channels? Bridging as in, dual voice coils?
Dogo
you can bridge to channels to make one channel. You can use that one channel to play treble , just like you can use it to play bass.
Or antyhing in between.

But like he ^^^ said - its not usually needed. Bass generally requires more energy than treble so it needs a stronger signal. Thats why some people bridge 2 channels into one more powerful one.

With tweets theres usually no need - unless you wanted to make a really painful car alarm !
mzoghbi
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bridge 2 channels to make one channel

thats what i ment,
But isnt it better quality and more responce when bridged
and i mean bridging for my 6*9s,
does bridging stuff up my amp.
Stooge007
if your amp is designed to be bridged, then no it won't hurt it (except for user error in wiring)

bridging will give you more power, which may be perceived as better quality and response/dynamics, but it may simply be just louder

- Stooge007 out
supa-roo
bridging in thoery can give better sound as there is more control from the amp Ie increase of dampening factor. but dampening factor isnt an issue with high freq only really with bass
_Anthony_
QUOTE (Stooge007 @ Dec 15 2005, 09:24 PM) *
if your amp is designed to be bridged, then no it won't hurt it (except for user error in wiring)

bridging will give you more power, which may be perceived as better quality and response/dynamics, but it may simply be just louder

- Stooge007 out


But wont this in fact raise total THD? correct me if I'm wrong though. Not sure if it will be audible, I guess that would depend on how good your ears are....
supa-roo
depends on the class of amp etc, as to wether it will or not
mzoghbi
Cool,
thanks for everyone replys
s_tim_ulate
QUOTE (supa-roo @ Dec 16 2005, 10:30 AM) *
bridging in thoery can give better sound as there is more control from the amp Ie increase of dampening factor. but dampening factor isnt an issue with high freq only really with bass

Isnt there less control from the amp when bridged?

Dampening factor is halved.

This is of more importance with subs as it relates to how effectively the amp can control the cone movement. With most modern amps it isnt as big an issue though.

All in all, more power = more headroom. More headroom means your amps dont need to stress as much which will result in better SQ.
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