biamplification wiring how-to


i have a mccormack tlc1 and 2 forte model 5's and would like to biamp a set of speakers for a 2 ch setup. i have yet to aquire the speakers but i will make sure they have the ability to seperate the high and low freq via seperate binding posts. the speakers i'm sure will have its own passive crossover built in. what to do? any advice will be appreciated.
nomadicslacker
Hi
You got two options here I think.
You can use the one Forte power amp for the left channel,and the second Forte for the right channel.You also will need two pairs of speaker cables,one pair for each channel,and one pair of interconnects plus two (Y )RCA adapters.Make sure you keep the jumbers on at the back of your speakers.
The other option would be to take out the speaker jumbers and use one Forte for the highs of BOTH speakers and the other Forte for the lows of BOTH speakers.
You are at an advantage point either way simply because you got two identical power-amps.My set-up uses different brands and models of power-amps.Rogue M150 monoblocks for mids-highs and ML 27.5 for lows.
Best of luck
George
George's response is well-considered. I would opt for the former, where each amp handles just the left or right channel [i.e. left ch on the tweeters and right ch on the woofers]. The advantage is that the power supply of each amp is only driving one bass channel, not two. I used this method very successfully a long time ago with a pair of NAD amps and some NEAR 50 spkrs if anybody remembers those.

Let us know what spkrs you get. Good luck.
hello yioryos and tripper, thanks for the responces to my question but i don't understand leaving on the strap that connects the high input and the low input to the speaker. would that not cause some kind of shorting out effect? keep in mind i am not electrically savvy YET. hopefully i will gain some knowledge from my experimentations with audio gear and this forum, which i have found to be the best.
When biamping, does the interconnects need to be the same length to both amps, such as the rule for speaker cable?