To Bridge Or Not To Bridge

P.S. If you're concerned regarding the inefficiency of the Theil speakers and the capacity of the bridged KAV to drive them, give Theil a call. Better to be cautious. It's likely there is no issue, but best to be informed.

Schipo -- ROTFLOL!!!

Leo -- Bob R. makes an excellent point. In bridged mode an amp will see the speaker impedance x 0.5. The Thiel is rated as 4 ohm nominal, 3 ohms minimum. Therefore in bridged mode the amp will see 2 ohms nominal, 1.5 ohms min. I looked at the amp manual, http://www.krellonline.com/archive_pdfs/KAV500/KAV500_V990_MAN.pdf, and I see nothing that provides confidence that the amp will be able to handle that acceptably.

Regards,
-- Al

Almarg, that was my concern as well. I don't see anything confidence inspiring in the manual either. But Bret D'Agostino said it would be fine. I'll call again to double check, I don't have the bridging wires anyway it turns out.

Douglas, the KAV-500 is lifeless and monotonous in my opinion. But its just fine for HT which is why I don't swap it out. The Classe has lots of synergy with the older Thiel 1.5s as many before me have discovered. Also, the power of the Classe is 400W@4O and the Bridged Krell is 400W@4O so you must be thinking of a different amp when you say there is more power.

Schipo - I am not worthy!

Well, an email from Krell customer service contradicts what Bret told me.

I guess the answer is Not To Bridge.

Maybe I should run some speakers to the porch...