In Reply to: Biamping N802: is 55W tube enough for mid/highs? posted by topher_m on May 3, 2007 at 15:21:30:
My own take on biamping is that the real benefit is not that one can deliver more power, and hence, get more volume. I like what a good biamping job does for dynamics and a sense of liveliness at all volume levels, particularly lower volume.By the way, whet I am referring to is "active" biamping -- using a line level crossover to split the signal and feed separate bass and midrange/tweeter amplifiers. 55 good quality watts would then be plenty for the mid/high end. Most of the power demand is from about 150 Hz on down anyway, and the common point where the combination of low speaker impedance and difficult phase angle will also be below that frequency. The amp feeding the higher frequencies has a much easier job, albeit a very important job.
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- Re: Biamping N802: is 55W tube enough for mid/highs? - Larry I 04:54:48 05/04/07 (3)
- please name just ONE active xover that does everything the N802's passive hp mid, and hp and LP treble does. Can you? - Timbo in Oz 00:52:03 05/05/07 (2)
- Yes! - b.l.zeebub 05:44:36 05/07/07 (0)
- Re: please name just ONE active xover that does everything the N802's passive hp mid, and hp and LP treble does. Can yo - Larry I 05:04:52 05/07/07 (0)