is it a waste using just one channel out of stereo


Is it a waste using just one single channel out of a stereo amp?
It is part of the home theater setup. I just feel one channel sound better than using both channel .Although the amp could be bridged into a mono amp, I still feel using one single channel (in stereo mode) sound better.
any input for that?
thx.
cip57
Hey Rich

Just taking a guess at what he's talking about and wanting to do. I'm guessing that he's short one amp channel (center speaker) in his hometheater but has an extra two channel amp on hand....one of those "sure, why not" and "do what you gotta do" answers on my part.

Regarding the three channel sacd's?...

"don't you lose whatever information is routed to that 3rd channel?"

I may not be understanding you (more coffee), why would you lose anything? The 3rd channel is the center channel and fed from the preamps center channel output to the same amp(one channel of a two channel amp in this case), as a single mono channel isn't it?

Of course in truth...he is wasting an amp channel that could be used somewhere...Hey, how about a passive sub on that wasted channel?

Takes care of the old wasted energy problem mentioned!

Dave