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In Reply to: RE: Bi-Wire posted by jtpzenith on May 01, 2016 at 12:01:44
I like it - but would love to bi-amp now that I have the wires....
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Bi-amping is good and makes an audible difference that I don't think anyone can argue about. It's not a "feeling" but quantifiable with both measuring devices and ears.
The big difference is active vs passive bi-amping. I have only attempted passive bi-amping and I love the difference it makes. I am told that ACTIVE bi-amping where the crossovers are removed from the speaker and electronic crossovers are employed between the amplifier and the preamp makes a huge difference.
However... it's both expensive and complicated to do it. I will document my odyssey with pics and video when I finally get going.
For sure. Bi-amping has HUGE benefits. Hopefully, everybody knows that by now, or they're still in 1971 (which was a great year, btw).
It is my goal that the new speakers I'm working on (a 4-way in two cabinets - woofer+uppers) will be bi-amped. I'm fairly settled on the amps - Parasound A21 and A23 (or an old-ish HCA-xxxx model if I can find a good one. The big question is the x-over. In the absence of other options, I've thought of Rane.
"However... it's both expensive and complicated to do it."
It's neither. You buy one more amp, an active crossover, and the associated cabling. You're just moving the x-over to a point before the amplifiers. Source > preamp > x-over > amps > speakers. People spend MUCH more on expensive tweaks which aren't NEARLY as effective.
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So true!
Maybe since I haven't done active yet, it seems complicated... but I'm going to do it once I get a good "candidate" pair of speakers (probably a kit)
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