Class D is just Dandy!

In the professional world, "bi-amping" a single speaker system is always active, meaning it uses an active crossover before the amps.  Multi-way active speakers also use this type of crossover.

Only in the consumer world is there a question of whether or not to use a crossover when bi-amping, hence the confusion.

Far too many types of crossovers further confuse this, because while most line-level crossovers are "active" or powered, a rare few are passive.

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I received my ATI Class D 3-channel amp. Right out the box it's a definite improvement over the Marantz SR5011 and Marantz MM7055 I had. I'm using it to drive my center and rear channel. The power and clarity is just what I wanted. Now if I could figure out how to reduce the white noise between my Marantz AV 7702 and Corus preamp when in HT bypass. I thought I had it reduced with a power cord with the SR5011, but with the current 7702 it's bad. I'll start a new post or revive my old post.

Can’t really argue with that. :) The separates craze creates it’s own list of extra problems to solve.

At the same time, I really really like selecting my own parts. I find it a real difficult thing to want to give control to some one else as to what makes my system.

If I could, a two box system with a 5 channel amp and HT processor would have been here long ago. :)

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E