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Bridgeing or parallel?

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Hi,

I hear all the time that the big Maggies need a lot of current. If I have two identical pairs of powerful monos, is it better to bridge them (more voltage) or connect them in parallel (more current)?

I'm using a pair of Musical Fidelity MA-50X for the mid/high band of my 3.6 Maggies and a pair of Marantz MA-700 for the bass. The Marantzes are built to be used in bridged mode but then they would see only 2 Ohms load. Is this OK?

The MA-50X can't be bridged but can be connected in parallel so they would deliver more current, I guess this is safer than bridgeing. Any comments or ideas?

I like my setup now but I have another set of idle MA-50X and would like to add some bass power in the form of another pair of MA-700s, for just in case ...

Thanks a lot in advance.

Regards, Jörg.

Follow Ups:

Myth! - gymwear5@hotmail.com 18:39:56 10/25/09 (4)
- Room damping: they prefer lower output impedance. - Al Sekela 14:59:19 10/26/09 (2)
  - RE: Room damping: they prefer lower output impedance. - yawg 13:31:50 10/28/09 (1)
    - No, you would have to use ballast resistors. - Al Sekela 15:46:25 10/28/09 (0)
- RE: Myth! - leon 22:17:34 10/25/09 (0)

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