Hi all. I'm new to the forums here and fairly new to home audio stuff.
I just picked up a pair of used speakers in great condition (Pioneer CS-C9900) and I need to buy a receiver/amp for them. These speakers are 150W max, 6 ohm. I'm on a limited budget so I need to get something used. On craigslist I see a lot of 5.1 receivers, but they're all 80W or 100W per channel. I don't really care about surround sound, so my question is this:
Is it possible (and if so, how) to bridge 2 channels of the surround amp to power one speaker? For example, let's say the amp has 5x 80W. I want to bridge (L+Ls) and (R+Rs) and ignore the center, thus having 2x 160W, which I think would be good for my speakers.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.