Need a quality Y-adapter for bi-amping

Contact BOB at the Cable Co. He can custom make you one out of your favorite cable.

I get great results using Comprehensive Video (www.compvideo.com, 800-431-6000, South Hackensack, NJ)Female XLR to 2 male XLRs Y-adaptor cables (part number XLRJ-2XLRP) at the amp end of my 8-meter Cello XLR-to-XLR cables from preamp to amp. This Comprehensive Video cable is very low in capacitance. The legs of the Y are about one foot long, allowing direct connection of the legs of the Y to stacked monoblocks for biamping.

Yes, you have more connections in the signal path this way, but your preamp is not loaded by a lot of extra cable capacitance from an extra set of interconnects and the Y-adaptors are much cheaper than an extra set of equal-quality interconnects. The extra capacitance of another set of interconnects can cause audible degradation since the amp input impedence seen by the preamp is halved when you use Y-adaptors. Two of these Y-adaptors cost about $50, so you don't have much to lose trying this method. I use ProGold spray on all connections. Comprehensive Video also makes single ended Y-adaptors of the same type.

I am using the Phoenix Gold adapter from that Steven mentioned connected to Audioquest Diamond X 2; sounds better than the Monster Y connector it replaced.

Audioquest makes a good solid "y" for about 20.00 a pair. they sell it as part of a "sub kit". Call em' up, they will get them to you or find a dealer.

I second Audiophile9's comments about the tape loop suggestion. Since the tape out is probably at a fixed line level (somewhere between 1 and 3 volts), your amp would most likely be ROARING with no way to control it. The exception to this rule would be if you had an out of the ordinary preamp design OR an amplifier with input level controls. I would NOT attempt this unless you knew for sure that it would work. Sean
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