Pathos classic one mk2

Leo,

After reading about Doug Schroeder's experience bridging the Pathos here on Audiogon (a quick search should get his post)and AA, I went and ordered a second one. In short, I found his observations regarding more power, clarity, etc. spot on.

One point he made was about the piano now sounding like the recording mic had been moved to inside the casing rang especially true. Yesterday listening to a Mozart minuet this really was evident. In addition I found that the increase in power seemed to make an already great bass even tighter and deeper which I didn't think was possible.

One other item, to note . . . as my pathi (plural of Pathos???) are situated near my speakers that are nearly 7 feet apart I was concerned about whether the remote would catch both. Again as Doug S. stated, both units worked in lock step - another great bonus.

So, to answer your question, IMO, the magic wasn't lost - it actually increased. No regrets whatsoever. Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Garry

thank you garry, excellent information, one more question did you switch them to mono yourself, it sounds like is easy even dough they tell you a technician should do it,by the way iam using a velodyne sub with remote plug into the tape out, and it works great

Leo,

You're welcome. Yes, I did it my self. I have the MK3 which has a cutout on the bottom. Easy as pie - the dip switch comes from the factory set to "S"; just get yourself a pencil or jeweler's screw driver and move it over to "M". It will take you know more than 3 seconds. From what I've been able to gather, your version has this cutout as well.

One thing to be mindful of is the connections when bridged. In mono mode, all inputs are connected to the Right inputs for each side. Make sure that the ++ speaker lead for each respective speaker is attached to the Right ++ terminal on the amp with the -- speaker lead attached to the Left ++ terminal on the amp . . . it's all in the manual for your reference.

Good luck and let us know if you go ahead with the purchase. I'd be interested to hear your take on the this.

Cheers,
Garry