Biamping vs. Bridging Platinum Solo, Soliloquy


I am using Citation 5.1 bridged to drive Soliloquy 5.3 and Platinum Audio Solo.
Both speakers need 100-250 watts and Citation gives solid 4x100 watts or 2x300watts.
Bridged sound is quite dynamic but little edgy that regular 100w. I just heard an opinion that Bi-Amping would do much better for sound and bridging would only benefit very hungry speakers.
Platinum Solo is only 86Db sensistive while SOliloquy is more friendly with 89Db sensitivity.
Any feedback is appreciated.
If you try any other combinations with these speakers please give your opinion.
Alex
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Thanks, Sean
How to go ACTIVE biamping without pissing off speaker designer? I assume speaker crossover should be bypassed completely.
Alex
IMO, Bi-Amping (even passive) can definatly yield an improvement sonically. Bridging can yield more volume but always diminishes the quality, in my experience.
Alex: Bypassing most ( if not all ) of the internal crossover parts can do wonders in terms of clarity, detail and dynamics. The exceptions to bypassing would be if the designer has built in zobel networks and / or notch filters. One would have to experiment to see if these were truly necessary after switching to an external active crossover.

As such, going "active" with an unknown commodity such as store-bought speakers can be a real learning experience. Obviously, the first thing that one should do in that type of situation would be to consult the designer of the speaker being used and discuss the variables with them. Quite honestly though, my experience is that many designers of passive speaker systems have very little first-hand experience with an active array. Finding speakers that have a very simple passive crossover would be easiest to "disect" and convert to full active models. Sean
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