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Should I Biamp

Would appreciate some advice on the following.

As I have an Musical Fidelity A3 Integrated Amp and a A3.2 Power Amp. I could either use the Integrated as a Pre-Amp and therefore run only a single speaker cable (from the Power amp) to my ProAc D15 speakers OR should I run 2 sets of speaker cables; the first from the Integrated and the second from the Power Amp.

Option 1)
Integrated -> Power -> Speaker
Option 2)
Integrated -> Speaker (high) and
Power -> Speaker (mid/low)

Thanks
dtanclim
drrdiamond
671 posts
 
Eldart, FYI:

There are several reasons why even biamping without an electronic x-over is a good idea:

1. You can use one for each channel, getting the advantage of monoblocks.

2. You are putting a lot of separation between the upper and lower speakers....ie: less frequency interaction.

Richard
eldartford
4,262 posts
 
Drrdiamond...Thanks for the info. Your reason #2 is really just an extension of the biwire argument. Reason#1 means that the amps can be located right at the speaker (like monoblocks), and with the price that people pay for speaker wires you could probably buy that second amp!

It still seems to me that omitting the crossover gives up most of the advantages of biamping.
drrdiamond
671 posts
 
Eldart,

Yes, I do use a Krell KBX electronic crossover.

Richard
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