azinck3;143795 Wrote: > Sorry if I was vague. You don't connect the amps to the same terminals > on the speaker. You connect one amp to the "high" terminals and the > other to the "low" terminals (I'm assuming we're talking about > bi-ampable speakers--if not, then you'd have to disassemble the speaker > and crossover assembly which is probably not advisable). A bi-ampable > speaker's "high" and "low" sections are electrically isolated from one > another (though they typically come with jumpers to connect them for > single-amp operation) so the amps' outputs won't be wired together. > The inputs to the amps are what you need to wire together. Both amps > for a given channel need to receive the same signal. This can be > accomplished numberous ways, the simplest of which is to use a y-cable.
I think you also need to use identical amps if you're not using an active external crossover...if the amps have different gain characteristics, "passive biamping" will cause some imbalance in the sound... -- PhilNYC Sonic Spirits Inc. http://www.sonicspirits.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PhilNYC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28381 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
