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What is the difference between Single-Ended and Bridged?

April 26, 2017Bridged difference single-ended

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What is the difference between Single-Ended and Bridged?

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• [SINGLE-ENDED AMPLIFIERS VERSUS BALANCED OUTPUT] • In general, the bridged chips have been known for better sound quality. The reasons may have to do with greater power output and so less clipping. Class-D amps clip in a particularly nasty way, more dangerous to tweeters and such than most amps. These are said to sound like tube amps, but they are certainly not as ‘soft clipping’ as good tube amps.