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3 onkyo amps hookup suggestions

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6/27/08 at 2:29pm
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Here is my situation I have 3 onkyo m-282 amps I wish to hookup 1 amp to each of the front 3 speakers which are Polk RTi10s and CSI3 center channel. I was told that the amps aren't bridgeable ? I am running a HK AVR-237 receiver with 4 mirage in ceiling speakers. I know that you can daisy chain them together but that wont give you anymore power will it? If I cant use 1 amp per front speaker and get the max power then what is the best configuration/setup that i should use. amps are 2x125 each

fyi my fronts are bi wireable but due to the room being upstairs and where everything is located it would be next to impossible to run another set of speaker wires over to them. I did all this during pre construction.
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joe
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6/28/08 at 8:54pm
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Re: 3 onkyo amps hookup suggestions


If an amp is bridgable, it will have a switch to accomodate the proper input and output connections. If not, the amp isn't designed to be bridged, and you shouldn't attempt it.

Naturally, if you can't bridge the amp, then running them in stereo is your only available option. This would mean one amp for the front channels, and one channel of the second amp for the center channel. Save the third amp for a rainy day, or sell it.

"Daisy chaining" would mean jumping the input signal from one amp to the next - i.e., each amp is fed the same signal. That has nothing to do with the amp's power output. You'd just get two (or three) amps putting out the same thing, instead of one.

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