The M80s acutally got the amp heatsinks hot in bridged mode! I could sustain 102 db, both speakers, from 12 feet away no problem. The amp started going into protect mode (high heatsink temp over 100C) at about 105db sustained (my ears are ringing right now). What the amp does is turn off the affected channel until it cools and turns it back on again. I'm going to do a quick rewire to unbridge the amps to see how far I can push them. Some people had this problem and added to the heatsink and put a fan on it.

The sound is INCREDIBLE! It really does sound punchier than the AVR-3806. Very clear and tight. The wife said it was not even close (she liked it better than the AVR-3806), but it was a bit more close for me. Definitely punchier and tighter sound. If it sounds just as good unbridged with a higher output headroom before overtemp, I may leave it that way and hook the VP180 up now.

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