Hello All. First and foremost, I am not sure I am posting in the right forum. I based my circuit off the son of zen and Mr. Pass's talks, so I think this counts. If not, I apologize in advance.
In any case, I am wondering if it is possible to bridge a son of zen style amplifier.
I am working on a sort of upside down son of zen amp with aleph 5 kind of power. It will work for my current speakers, but if I ever end up getting magnepans, I would love to build a second one of these and use it as a mono block.
Here is a super simplified version of my circuit.
In any case, I am wondering if it is possible to bridge a son of zen style amplifier.
I am working on a sort of upside down son of zen amp with aleph 5 kind of power. It will work for my current speakers, but if I ever end up getting magnepans, I would love to build a second one of these and use it as a mono block.
Here is a super simplified version of my circuit.
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I would like to get more power out. And yes, I know it is already bridged. Based on some other forum posts I have read, apparently the X1000 can be double bridged? Bridged squared? Whatever you want to call it.
I figure in it's current configuration I should get about 50 watts into 8 ohms and 100 watts into 4 ohms.
If I can bridge it, it would be 200 watts into 8 ohms which would be good for the magnepan speakers I have my eye on.
I figure in it's current configuration I should get about 50 watts into 8 ohms and 100 watts into 4 ohms.
If I can bridge it, it would be 200 watts into 8 ohms which would be good for the magnepan speakers I have my eye on.
> 200 watts
https://www.passdiy.com/download.php?download_file=/images/uploads/project/sonofzen.pdf page 3:
"For ten watts output, the power supply will have to deliver 200 watts. For fifty watts output, the supply will have to deliver 1200 watts. All the time."
Simple extrapolation: 200 Watts needs 4,800 Watts dissipation. Per channel. 9,600 Watts in stereo. 13 Horsepower. 40 Amps @ 240V or 80A@120V. More than my house ever demands.
https://www.passdiy.com/download.php?download_file=/images/uploads/project/sonofzen.pdf page 3:
"For ten watts output, the power supply will have to deliver 200 watts. For fifty watts output, the supply will have to deliver 1200 watts. All the time."
Simple extrapolation: 200 Watts needs 4,800 Watts dissipation. Per channel. 9,600 Watts in stereo. 13 Horsepower. 40 Amps @ 240V or 80A@120V. More than my house ever demands.
