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To Bridge or Not
This guy is one of those people who write in and try to cleverly set
me up, asking my opinion, while simultaneously implying that it is less
stellar than that of certain other skinnier individuals. I fold these
half-ass attackers up like paper airplanes, and sail them off into oblivion,
watch this …
Hey OSM,
HEY, PAL.
I'll get right to the point since I know you must be busy watching
"Baywatch" reruns.
YOU KNOW DARN WELL THAT I’M WATCHING HOWARD STERN’S
“SON OF A BEACH!”
"BAYWATCH?" HOW DARE YOU!
YOU WORK FOR HASSELHOFF, DON’T YOU?
I've been doing sound for about 13 years,
and in that time I've seen amps bridged to mono on more than one occasion. Most
often powering the subs. So the other day I'm talking with a friend of mine, and
a buddy of his (another sound guy), and this buddy says "Oh no, never bridge
the amps to mono, it's bad for them." What the f?
LANGUAGE, ROB,
LANGUAGE! IT’S OBVIOUS THAT YOU LISTEN TO HOWARD, AND HOW HE IS ALWAYS GOING
ON ABOUT HOW HE WANTS TO “F” THIS OR THAT CELEBRITY GUEST.
BUT
LET’S GET BACK TO AUDIO, SHALL WE?
This guy is more into the nuts
and bolts than I am, he's the kind of guy who sleeps with his multimeter, but
I'm left thinking that he's a few coupons short of a toaster.
THIS
IS YOUR LAST WARNING, ROB.
OSM = FUNNY STUFF.
ROB = HUMBLE AUDIO
QUESTIONS. PERIOD.
As far as I know, and I'm sure you'll correct me
if I'm wrong,
YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!
bridging just takes a single
input and sends it to both sides of an amp (reversing the phase going to the "B"
side). You then connect your speakers to the hots on the two outputs and, voila,
you're off to the races.
IF YOU DON’T WATCH OUT, I AM GOING TO
ASSIGN YOU A MULTI-PAGE ESSAY ON “WHAT DALE EARNHARDT MEANT TO ME.”
YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THE RACES IN YOUR LIFE, AM I RIGHT? YOU GO INTO SOME CASINO
IN RENO, AND JUST WATCH THE BIG SCREENS IN THEIR SPORTS BOOK ROOMS. YOU EAT THE
SALMONELLA BUFFET, AND YOU PLAY THE SLOTS.
YOU SICK FREAK, ROB!
Is
this really so much different than sending a signal to each side of the amp in
stereo mode?’
YOU MEAN LIKE WITH AN XLR “Y” CABLE, CHAMP?
OR
DO YOU MEAN “REGULAR” REGULAR STEREO?
HEY, DO YOU KNOW ABOUT
MY ZDM PROTOCOL, ZONED DUAL MONO?
Each side is still getting a signal and amplifying it, the
only
real difference is how the speakers are connected, right? Or am
I missing something so blatantly obvious that I'm going to want
to impale myself on a steak knife when I read your answer?
Rob
THE
IMPALING SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD WAY TO GO.
YOU KNOW THE NICKNAME OF A VERY
FAMOUS ALLEGED VAMPIRE (OR WAMPEER,) IN EASTERN EUROPE, WAS A PERSON ONLY SLIGHTLY
MORE DISTURBED THAN YOU, CALLED VLAD THE IMPALER!
CARRY ON THE TRADITION,
ROB, ONLY INTRODUCE THE NEW MILLENIUM TWIST OF DOING IT TO YOURSELF VOLUNTARILY,
RATHER THAN HAVING IT DONE TO YOU!
WILL YOU PUT MORE FAITH IN THE WORD
OF THE GREAT DAVE RAT THAN THAT OF AN OLD MAN LIKE ME? DAVE HAS A METHOD THAT
HE USES, PERHAPS THAT WILL SHUT YOU UP.
http://www.prosoundweb.com/live/articles/daverat/amptricks.shtml
HE
IS EVEN SO GRACIOUS AS TO FIRST LAY OUT SOME BASIC AMP THEORY. IT SEEMS THAT YOU
VERY BADLY NEED TO, AS MY FATHER (THE VERY OLD SOUNDMAN) USED TO SAY, “BRUSH
UP ON THAT.”
MY OWN AMP THEORY IS SIMPLE.
BIG KNOBS? TURN
THEM TO THE RIGHT, SPEAKERS GET NICE AND LOUD. TURN THEM ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT,
YOU GET NOTHING.
RED LIGHTS ON THE BEAT, FOR JUST A MOMENT, NOT THE END
OF THE WORLD. RED LIGHT GO ON AND STAY ON? AMP IS NOW BOAT ANCHOR.
DO YOU
THINK I’VE NEVER USED ONE FOR JUST THAT PURPOSE?
LIKE THEY SAY ON
RICKI LAKE, YOU DON’T KNOW ME!
LUV –
- THE OLD SOUNDMAN
