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Re: Biamping N802: is 55W tube enough for mid/highs?

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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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