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Biamping vs only inserting an Active crossover

I guess if one is deciding to biamp, you need to insert an active crossover device.

When you insert an active crossover device, does this improve the quality of the signal directed toward individual drivers on your speaker so as to avoid the need to biamp which is also designed to better focus the signal reaching the drivers in your speaker?

Are there phasing issues when you biamp?

Further, biamping is a way to bring the quality of tubes to mid and tweeters so another reason why biamping may be of benefit.

In the process you substantially increase all the interconnects which to me sounds unfavorable overall. So in the end does any of this effort make any sense at all???

jumia
nevada_matt
155 posts
 

Under $600 and configurable.

tube amp for upper and mids, ss for lows and dual powered subs.

each amp does what it sounds best at, runs cooler and there is more power available for driving only the specific  frequencies fed to the particular amp...

jumia OP
528 posts
 

Have you used this?

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ditusa
1,689 posts
 

@dscott319,

That's called passive bi-amping. Active bi-amping is better.

Mike

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carlsbad
1,551 posts
 

I quit reading after your first sentence was wrong.  You need an active crossover if you don't have a passive crossover.

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barts
675 posts
 

@jumia

I’ve been tri-amping for years and I’ll probably never go back to a single amp again. the biggest benefit (to me) is that none of the amps knows what the other amps are doing.

So, you can be playing along nice and loud and there is major bass all of a sudden, the mids and highs are unaffected.

Google "Marchand Electronics" all custom tailored to your spec.

Regards,

barts

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