Going monoblock?


I have a McIntosh MC252 that can be bridged to mono at 500 Watts. What am I going to gain in term of sound going from a single MC252 stereo to two MC252 mono? I have a pair of Sonus Faber Elipsa
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I have a McIntosh MC252 that can be bridged to mono at 500 Watts. What am I going to gain in term of sound going from a single MC252 stereo to two MC252 mono?


Many more watts, but that’s it!
Everything else measurement wise takes a hit that made the stereo MC252 what it is.

So basically (very harshly because I’m so anti it) if you want to turn them into PA amps "bridge them into mono" (that will also be unstable into low impedance SF Ellipsa is 4 ohm nominal, 2.5 ohms minimum ) .

If you have two identical amps and bi-ampable speakers, for audio you’d be better off vertically bi-amp’ing using one channel for the lows and one for the highs.
https://ibb.co/y4kzMCZ

Cheers George