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female needs expert advice

bough a new pair of mirage om 5 loud speakers.Iam biamping them with 2 classe 70 power amps. these speakers have 2 250wattamps built into them for the bass.I have 2 pairs of tara labs speakers cables about 8 years old tara quatums reference.what do you think would cable for them. I want something that is fast being in boogie factor @transparent don,t we all.One more question ,Iwas horizontally biamping these untill iwas talking to the maker of these speaker who told me to vertically biamp.To do this he said to take the two + and two- speaker spads of the rt speaker and put them on the rt channel of one amp and use the rt channel of amp input to rt channel of preamp do the same with left speaker and other amp . i feel that using one channel of eash amp is a waste any other ideas is welcome I don,t want to buy new amps these to me sound good but i just hate the waste the reason for doing it this way the top two things on speaker are for the mids and highs the other 2 are just to send a signal to the built in power amps fun hey? so help me guys thanks.
tarbishaw
jeffloistarca
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You'll get all kinds of speaker wire recommendations, I like Transparent with Classe amps myself. I have an older Classe amp, and to set it to bridged mode you flick a toggle switch inside the amp. Once you've done that only one output works on the amp (I think it's the right output). So...what you've been told is accurate, no waste, just lots of current to drive the Mirage speakers. Check your owners manual for your Classe amps and if you're not sure how to run them in bridged mode, call Robert at Classe. Enjoy, Jeff
creeper
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For fast and transparent, Kimber 8-tc comes to mind. I have a pair of Mirage MRM-1 Reference Monitors. I emailed Mirage for cabling suggestions. They test with many different makes, but suggested Tara Labs or Straight Wire. I have been running Harmonic Technology lately and love the results. I agree with Jeffloistarca, try bridging your Classe's. Good luck. Erik
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kirk930
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i would try straight wire serenade . it is less expensive than the good transparant. i like the sound of it alot, and i have had transparant reference xl. i would say even though you do not want to, try a good tube amp. i know you may think you have good sound, but just wait. tubes can boogie with the best ss. did you also know women hear better than men?you also dont need as much power with tubes.
tarbishaw OP
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thank you for your responces I,am not very good at typing this is a first for me.mybe cables are ok then.What about a new amp.Half thinking about bryston 4bst make a big difference do you think, my classe are not bridgeable.Seems everyone likes bryston I would have to buy without listening no dealers around here,your thoughs on this would be welcome. Thank you
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