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Quick question for you.
When bi-amping a system is it better to have the amps
seperated;Amp 1) Bass amp
Amp 2) Treble ampor is it better to have;
Amp 1) Left speaker
Amp 2) Right speaker
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One thing is for certain, though!IMO, any decent amp has separate power supplies for R & L channel - ie. they're either dual-mono configuration or separate monoblocks.
In this case the concept of vertical/horizontal biamping is irrelevant, as each channel has its own power supply ... which is not affected by whatever's going on in the other channel.
Sadly, it seems too many amps share the one power supply between R & L channels.
Regards,
nt
Use one amp for one range and the other amp for the other range. I had a tri-amped system and I matched the amps to the speakers driven....so my digital amp drove my tweeters, my 300B tube amp drove my midrange horns, and my SS Crown amp drove my woofers. All, through a Rane crossover It sounded great. Cheers.
If yes, Bass amp treble amp. If not, I don't know what good a L and R amp would do except add more power if bridged.
I think what he is talking about is using 2 amps (4 channels) for bi amping. SO the question was do I get an amp that drives only the left bass and right bass, and the other amp drives the left and right highs.Or do I have one amp drive both the bass and highs on the right speaker, and the other amp drive both the bass and highs on the left amp.
I think if the amps are identical it is best to have one on one speaker. The idea is that the bass is the hardest to reproduce, so having only one channel devoted to it (instaed of both channels of one amp) puts less strain on the amps....
The former Bass amp and tweeter am is my preverence b/c you can experiment with different amps for different characteristics. The Left right choice requires that the amps are the same: In prosound applications this later choice makes some sense because of cable length issues. In home applications the only time I wouldn't use the LP/HP split is if the amps did not have decent ( <40dB) stereo separation.
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