Vertical bi-amping,
sounds absolutely great
but I can't think how to set it up (setting up connections I mean)
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Vertical bi-amping,
sounds absolutely great
but I can't think how to set it up (setting up connections I mean)
I've never tried bi-amping myself, but a friend of mine uses (passive) horizontal bi-amping with some Spendor speakers (I forget the model) which have provision for bi-wiring, and he is convinced of the advantage. Since I haven't heard his speakers fed by a single amp, I can't comment.
Pretty simple. Buy some phono Y splitters and plug them into the phono outs of your source. Take the (now twin) L feed from each source to the relevant input of one amp. Take the R to the other. The speaker outputs on each amp are now used for each side's woofer and tweeter. You will then have a left and right volume control. A few amps and preamps come this way anyway and it a neat way to set balance if you need it, because you are controlling L and R volume separately. If you want the same level on each channel, just set the volume of each to the same point.
monoblocks, or amps you can monoblock are probably a better idea
I've been bi-amping for 15 years.. probably will do so for the next 15 years
I discovered it ages ago
Y splitters does not feel very hi-fi to me ; am I wrong ?
I first bi-amped using a high quality vintage Onkyo Integra 624 combined power-amp/crossover.
http://i65.tinypic.com/ruxu0p.jpg
Wasn't too keen, tried other combos since, still not keen.
You can always make up your own 2-4 phono cables or have them made up. Y splitters are a very cheap and easy way to try it in the first place and I doubt it would offer any serious limitations. I've used the Mayware/Russ Andrews Din-phono adapters with Naim CD players many times and had no complaints. A Y splitter is just another adapter.