I need help hooking up Merlin vsm mme Bam to avr


I have an Arcam avr400 it has preamplifier outputs, also has audio connectors where do I plug in the wires from Bam? seems they're rca jacks, behind the Bam box is L/R input and output.
any advice would be appreciated, I will eventually call Bobby!
tesseract86

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thank you very much Swampwalker and Brf you have been very helpful, cd player to the bam input and output to the pre-amp, gona try that.
thanks very much guys!!
for now cd source is what I need, so bam output to cd input on receiver and bam input to analog preamp fr right and left speakers output.
thanks
Swampwalker,
I'm a little mixed up now, should I connect the bam "out" to the cd player or to the receiver's cd input? then from bam to receiver's preamp out?
will I need more than two sets of rca jacks? any wires recommendation?
thanks
Hi guys, finally I got the time and my new cables and for the first time going to use the Bams so I'm going to rewire the whole thing tonight
Using the Bam for the cd mode (single mode) I got it you explained it very well, thank you,
I would like to use the Bams for my 5.1 set up and analog stereo music is that possible. I do have a pre-out on my Arcam avr400 but dont know which way to go. I did buy two Morrow MA3 IC
thanks
Swampwalker, thanks for chiming in, I dont know what to look for in a tape loop yet, but I do have the IC's now and thinking of just using the Bams for(CD)music as you explained in your earlier posts. Would using the Bams for HT 5.1 benefit me in anyway? Or does my Jl audio f113 subwoofer compensates for the Bams in HT mode?

Heres the Arcam avr400 back panel
http://www.arcam.co.uk/_ugc/file/avr400e_man2.pdf
Thank you so much for your help
Roger
Swampwalker, just fired up my system with the new Morrow audio cables, sounds just awesome I'm so happy with the new cables, feels like the whole thing just came to life. what amazed me the most is the bass the new SUB1 cable just cleaned up what I thought was mildly muddy and bloat, I'm going to upgrade to the SUB3, after minor tweaks I will ad the Bams, they are being charged first.
The Merlin vsm are getting much better, I really love them, Bobby made me a VSM cc center speaker a couple of weeks ago, best center channel I have ever heard.
the Bams input and output terminals are not color coded, wich is positive the top or bottom posts of the bams?, its so frustrating that they're not.
thanks
Swampwalker, thanks for looking into this, I did the hook up you suggested and it works well.
thank you very much for your input.
Roger
the only marking on Bam is input/output no pos/neg markings red/white terminals on the Bams are same color.
I assume that pos/neg dont matter in the bam terminals.
in anyway the change is subtle, I shut the sub off and trying to adjust bass from speakers looking to have more punch, if my crossover is at 80hz I wont benefit from speaker lows so I set it on 40hz.
Is this about right for the crossover?
Sounds awesome Bobby!
thanks
Brf,
thats what was confusing me, no pos/neg on bam.

The way I have it is,
CD player audio out to Bam input.
Bam output to AVR CD input.
you're saying the avr output to bam input?
thank you for trying to clear up my confusion.
Roger
Brf, its done, the change was subtle but still beautiful, need a little overall tweaking
thank you very much
Brf, thanks for confirming the change was subtle for you as well I was'nt sure what to look, I do hear the differences and with time I'm sure it'll get better.
I'm very happy with my set up now the Merlins just seem to dissapear and I hear sounds I did'nt know were there, I have to admit that the Morrow cables were a huge plus.
I'm really happy about this combination, although I'm thinking of upgrading to the Arcam avr600 but I'm not sure that the system needs more power
I'm having a great time.
thank you Brf