jon_5912
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| Running Benchmark AHB2 in bridged mode and 4 Ohm Speaker bridged will be as flat or flatter at every volume that unbridged is capable of. Obviously. Bridged can put out 100w into 8 ohms, 200 watts into 4 ohms and 400 watts into 2 ohms. There will come some volume that is much louder than unbridged is... | |
| Running Benchmark AHB2 in bridged mode and 4 Ohm Speaker George, there is no current sag. More watts mean more current. You are overestimating the importance of doubling into 4 ohms. It's not important in this case. What is important is how much power is available and how an amplifier handles variou... | |
| Running Benchmark AHB2 in bridged mode and 4 Ohm Speaker The maximum current that can be delivered into 8 ohms or any other load will double when the voltage doubles. I obviously wasn't talking about the 29 amp "Maximum Audio Output Current" as specified by the benchmark website. We were discussing cu... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. When an amp specifies a maximum current what exactly does that mean and how is it relevant? On another thread there's discussion of an amp that has max current of 29 amps and puts 100 watts into 8 ohms. Since 29 amps would be a whole lot more th... | |
| Running Benchmark AHB2 in bridged mode and 4 Ohm Speaker Max current will double. If an amp can double the voltage into a load by bridging then the current capability also doubles. I'm not sure what the max current rating really means. 29 amps into 8 ohms requires 232 volts. I'm pretty sure that isn... | |
| Running Benchmark AHB2 in bridged mode and 4 Ohm Speaker You can't double voltage without also doubling current. volts = current times resistance. 29 amps into 8 ohm speakers would be 6,728 watts. That is instantaneous and not remotely sustainable, obviously. Actual sustainable current is directly r... | |
| Running Benchmark AHB2 in bridged mode and 4 Ohm Speaker An amp that can put 480 watts into 4 ohms can put 240 watts into 8 ohms so it can double from 240 to 480. You can just think of it as an amp that puts 240 watts into 8 ohms and doubles into 4. Its ability to put more than 240 watts into 8 ohms i... | |
| Running Benchmark AHB2 in bridged mode and 4 Ohm Speaker How much power the amp can actually put out will vary. My point was just that bridging increases the watts an amp can deliver to a speaker and increasing watts means increasing current. | |
| Thiel Owners Tom is right about the value here. It's one of the reasons I have such a dim view of audiophiles in general. They'll spend ridiculous amounts of money for stuff that simply doesn't perform that well. Thiels are a bargain at MSRP and they histor... | |
| Thiel Owners My 3.7s are 41 and 42 I think. The SNs look to have been put on with a sharpie and are almost completely worn off. I'm guessing they were the original demo models from audio consultants here in Chicago. I assume they were part of the first prod... | |
| Thiel Owners Pair of 2.7s in Chicago. I'm surprised how much they're asking. Maybe there's more demand than supply. http://audioconsultants.com/equipment-Thiel-CS27-7812 | |
| Running Benchmark AHB2 in bridged mode and 4 Ohm Speaker There's a bit of anti-bridging hysteria on this thread. I've run bridged, vertical bi-amp and regular and the idea that bridging is necessarily bad is silly. Current certainly doesn't go down in bridged mode. Watts are volts times amps and vol... | |
| Thiel Owners @tomthiel - happy birthday. I'm certainly happy you're here. There aren't a lot of places for audio enthusiasts to get knowledgeable opinions from someone who doesn't need to be biased because their livelihood is wrapped up in selling something.... | |
| Thiel Owners @prof, I completely agree that Thiels aren't remotely thin, bright or harsh. My experience is mainly with the 2 2 and 3.7. From what I've read both are on the warm side of the average Thiel. That said, I can't imagine anyone finding either of t... | |
| Thiel Owners @thielrules, I measured my 3.7s with a single Cambridge 840w because I felt the bass was lacking. I did it using test tones and my Behringer ultracurve and measurement mic. The weak bass didn't show up in the measurements as it measured fine. I... |