No Load on one Amp Channel? (1 Viewer)

[TomH]

I plan to drive a rear center with one side of a stereo amp. Are there any issues leaving one amp channel with no load?

Thanks
Tom

 

[Jerry Klawiter]

No you will be fine as long as you have no input to that second channel.
-Jerry

 

[John Garcia]

It won't matter at all. For nearly all integrateds, all channels are driven off a single power section, so the less you drive off of it, the more power you have available for whatever is connected to it. Having input to a second channel makes no difference as well, if nothing is connected to the output.

If this is a NEW stereo amp, I'd use each of the channels for a while, to break in the electronics on both sides. Long term, I might swap from side to side once in a great while.

 

[Karl_Luph]

What brand of amp are you using there TomH. if you don't mind me asking?

 

[TomH]

It is an older B&K 200wpc. Cabled for 7.1 but for now I am using a single rear center.

Thanks for the info.

Tom

 

[Karl_Luph]

Sounds like you got yourself a great amp there Tom!