I originally wanted a Helix V8, but during COVID, my Installation shop said they were unavailable and steered me towards an Audison APF8.9. This ended up being a godsend, as I am BRIDGING two channels together to be able to 260w (instead of 85w) to my Woofers. All the Audison FORZA Amps and DSP Amps are bridgeable (except their Mono amp...lol).

Looking at their website, there are some Helix amps that are bridgeable, but from what I understand, Helix has a proprietary design for their Amps, they cannot even be repaired in the US, I think they are sent back to Germany.

But the bridgeability issue has to do with the design and I agree, it limits their flexibility and I don't think that concerns them...

 

I suspect the architecture already uses bridging, as in each channel is two amplifiers already in push pull.

Have a look at this v twelve, can see 24 boxes with the W on it, I assume transformers.

P six can't bridge either

But the M six can...

 

I wouldn't want to bridge channels for power and loose DSP channels. Bridge channels for midbasses and use up 4 DSP channels. Just doesn't seem worth it to me.

 

Nick had said they were bridged internally as @Muu pointed out in a way earlier post. I really wish they had staggered power similar to what alpine was doing with their r series amps last year

 

I agree that the Helix stuff is kind of confusing at first. But as both @Muu & @slowride noted, these amps are internally bridged. The other thing is they incorporate their version of "Smart Power" which does Stagger the power just does it dynamically... For example, if you are running tweeters off of two channels, those tweeters are not pulling more than 1 - 3 watts at the extreme. That "left over" potential actually gets distributed to the channels where the load is more demanding... Its a pretty sweet technology that really isnt talked about much

 

Yeah or like the match stuff, be good if the V series had two channels from the P

 

I just recently bought an M6 because it CAN be bridged, I was looking at the new Audison DSP amp but went M4DSP, M6 and M1X. I just wanted to keep it all Helix because it looks so purty!

 

Yeah, it definitely does impact their future usability.

I do love the sound of my P Six , but for my latest system I used a 12ch Zapco dsp/amp instead, just because it's bridgeable:

404 | ZAPCO

www.zapco.com

 

Other than the odd and out of place green connector, That is one dead sexy amp right there!

 

Anyone have any specs on amp crosstalk for the P and V series? I imagine thats where the big advantage to the design is.

If you need to bridge the V eight then you probably should've bought a P6 ult, not wasting 2 dsp channels, double the power, the "better" DSP and 12 DSP channels (2 via optical) for not much more$$.

V12 is hard to argue for regarding flexibilty over the zapco or arc offerings.

 

Exactly as posted before - Audiotec Fischer uses a push-pull construction that is bridged already.

Also - pls note that most speakers from ATF is 3 ohm and rather high sensitivity for perfect match with own amplifiers.