Does anyone own a tri amped system in Florida I could hear?

Of course you are right. And I wouldn’t really know. But I still want to hear a properly tuned tri amped system to see how it compares to analog balanced equalized sound. Which is all I listen to and is still preferable to me to just about every other system I’ve heard. But my listening experience is primarily show room set ups, even very pricey ones like d’Agostino monos driving Wilsons. I’ll bet I can hear better constructed systems in the homes and listening rooms of you thoughtful serious hobbyists. Ones with personalized attention to cable looms, mods etc. if such an individual had a well put together triamped system I’d simply love to hear it. 

On paper, bi-amping or tri-amping can give you more control and potentially better dynamics on some ultra-high end speakers but in practice the payoff is often marginal compared to the cost, complexity, and space it demands. 

A well-designed single amp driving a well-matched pair of speakers is usually simpler, more musical, and easier to live with. And don’t overlook, the heat generated by more amps in the system, after all you live in Florida :-)

And yes, I have tri-amped and bi-amped setups in the past. Won’t do it anymore since switching to an Integrated with class A watts. 

@jallan +1

There is a dealer in Miami. Thanks!

Is anyone out there actually tri amping and loving it?  Love to hear from you!

@lalitk +1

super valuable feedback. Thanks!

Hi,

first I would like to say that I am in the audio industry but I'm commenting on tri-amping a system and not selling anything. I am currently fully electronic and I am tri-amping my system. For me the advantages are many.

If you look at a passive crossover and you look at the tolerance levels for each component in the passive crossover, each component has a tolerance level of approximately 5%. If the average passive crossover has 10 components then this means that the sound from the left to the right speaker can be very different by a large margin.

If you use a very high quality processor/electronic crossover that crosses over each of the six drivers individually and then the processor puts all the drivers in correct phase, then there is literally no phase issues and the sound from each driver/speaker arrives at the same time to each of your ears. I'm not saying that all passive speakers sound bad but I am saying that if the electronic processor has a very high quality external mic system and you can mic your room as will as  electronically crossover your speakers over then it's going to be difficult to get a passive crossover that can remotely mimic all these variables.

Yes you need extra cables and yes you need extra amplifiers for the six channels of amplification. But in the end you do have much more control over your room acoustics and you are receiving a more accurate representation of the original recording. It also makes your speakers much more efficient.

These are just my opinions and again I'm not trying to sell anything but rather just giving my opinion based on many years of trying passive versus fully electronic.

Cheers Robert Neill.