Hey guys, I have a chance to buy a good Alpine V12 MRV-F357, This amp is five channel. 30W x 4 + 100W x 1 rms. I do not want to use the 5th channel. So does that power go to waste. I need this amp to drive one set of Polk 6 1/2 inchs dx3065 components and a set of 6x9s Im thinking if the 5th channel power can not be bridged into a set of the 4 channels. THis will not be enuff power but im not sure. What does everyone think?

Thanks

 

If there is no load connected to the 5th channel there is no real power being wasted.

Personally I would look into a different amp. If you ever decide to use the 5th channel, 100W isn't near enough to adequately power a subwoofer.