VAC Sig Ren MK2a Headscratcher


I am thinking about adding a solid-state amp (DNA-500) to my system to drive the bass cabinets of my VR-7se's. Currently I have 1 set of balanced outs going to 2 VAC 300.1s that are each driving a VR-7se speaker full range. The other set is driving my subwoofer.

If I disconnect the sub and hook up the 500 to these balanced outputs from the pre, with the 500 speaker outputs going to the bass cabinets of the VR-7se's, will this work? Only problem I can see is that both modules of each speaker will be receiving a full range signal, but only using a portion of it depending upon the drivers. Balancing will be a snap as the volume control will control the 500, with the attentuating knobs on the VACs available to balance the rest of the speaker to the bass.

Will I be doing any damage this way? Is there a better way to do this w/o complicating things with crossovers, etc? Does what I'm proposing make sense? The 7's love power and I had the DNA-500 sitting in a closet.... Seems like this way I can get the best of both worlds, with about 750w going to each bass unit and 300 VAC tube watts (50w+/- Class A) going to each mid/tweet/super-tweet module. On paper, seems like a great idea, BUT...Before I go very far down this path, I'd really like to get some feedback and answers to these questions above.

Thanks in advance for any light you can shine in the tunnel.. :-)

BTW- just replaced noisy Dragon 6dj8 pre driver tubes with Seimens NOS 7308's - quieter(obviously), better imaging, bigger soundstage, more air and a bit tighter bass - after 1 hour!! Will only get better - more expensive but worth it IMHO. YMMV.
fplanner2010
Al- YIKES!!! Now I'm scared to turn anything on!! Just kidding - thanks for the heads up and insightful analysis.

Dev-
No problems. Already on other business near Kevin, so a visit to VAC is a no-brainer. I know its long odds they would have a pair of 450's to listen to, but you never know.

Bi-amping with 450's sounds like your next step. Its in effect somewhat similar to what I hope to be doing with the DNA-500 and my 300.1s. OF course I realize its nowhere near the same - hopefully yours would sound better :-)

What are your speakers again?
Hi Dev- Did you ever try the 500 in your system? If so, do you remember the speakers you were using? Just curious....

P.S. - chance to put the new tubes in yet? Mine just keep getting better, with about 12 hours on them. I'm told they will continue to do so until around 50-60 hours. Cool!! :-)
Hi Fplanner,

Yes I did, I actually owned one. Tried it with Focal Salon's and Andra 2's which I both owned.

I'm waiting to receive my tubes and I'll pass along my thoughts once I log in some time.
I'm running a similar biamp setup with VR5-Annis. Double Kronzillas on the top and monoblock Spectron Musician III Mk2s on the bottom. Very tight, fast, articulated bass and the Kronzillas doing their thing on the top. A friend is installing a VAC 300.1a this week. He has the same Spectrons as mine and will be comparing running his system full range vs biamped.