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In Reply to: RE: "There is almost never a good reason to bridge in home audio"... posted by Steve O on March 26, 2016 at 19:17:53
So long as you don't need to drive low impedance loads bridging works fine and does provide the benefits of using mono amplifiers per channel.
Given that the OP wants to do so "just because", I'm not convinced of the benefits using any one of the three listed which are not remotely in the Spectral class.
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...with reliability as the major consideration, not whether he should or should not do so. And yet all he's recd so far is the third degee on his app, comments regarding potential sonic implications and criticism of his reason for doing so (I want to is as good as any).I can't offer specific advice because I have no experience with any of his amps. But bridging is a valid means of obtaining increased power and has been very seccessfully employed in commercial designs.
Unfortunately from the OP's perspective, this thread has gone off the tracks.
Edits: 03/27/16
Yes increased power for a mono load only with restricted impedance demands.
As a dealer so often the person that wanted to do this did not have the scenario to properly benefit from it. There are scenarios that benefit from bridging, some that don't and some that for impedance reasons are a no go.
The OP mentioned three possible amps but not the load(S) so one might assume mono but without all the data....
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If the question is solely about long term serviceability, perhaps the most practical answer is the Hafler with its simpler and modular board construction. As a kit product, manuals with complete parts lists are easy to find like here.
Also, I think Frank Van Alstine might offer one of his mods using the chassis and power supply of that unit if should ever want to upgrade.
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