Bi-amping with 2 Rotel RB-1070.


How do I bi-amp using 2 Rotel RB-1070 amps with one RC-1070 pre? I do not want to bridge the amps. I need to know in detail how to run the interconnects. I envision one amp per speaker - 1 channel for bass, 1 channel for mids/highs. All comments/suggestions welcomed. Thanks.
miner42

Showing 1 response by jeffreybehr

Come on, Eldartford, don't equivocate--tell us how you really feel! :-)

Miner, you need to send the left-channel signal via 1 IC cable to the left-channel's 2-channel amp. Split the one signal into the 2 inputs with a 1-female-to-2-males adapter available for a few bucks at RadShak. Do the same with the right channel. Connect the 2 speaker cables to the one amp's 2 sets of terminals, do the same to the other channel, and you're finished.

Let us know if you hear any improvements. As Eldartford implied, some feel passive biamping is not worth the time.

BTW it's 'biamp' and 'biamping' and not 'bi-amp' and 'bi-amping'.

Oh yea, Eldartford, one need to do lots more than 'get an electronic crossover' to actively biamp succesfully--one also needs to wire around all the crossovers' passive components. Active biamping is not NEARLY as simple as it may appear.
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