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Bi-Amping, best way??

I'm gonna have a play at biamping, since i have two Marantz PM6010OSE's, and wanted to know what people thought the best way of doing it was.... i'm think that i have CD into amp 1, then take tape-out from amp 1 into Aux in of Amp 2, and then have Amp 1 drive the Hi of Speaker 1 & 2, while Amp 2 drives the Lo of Speakers 1 & 2.

anyone have any thoughts in this setup, or can suggest an alternative/better.

btw the Pm6010's don't have any sort of pre-in/out.

cheers
daveb511
dan_ed
2,451 posts
 
I belive you've got it right. I do think it is the best way if you are using 2 stereo amps.

Enjoy,

Dan
undertow
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[email protected], Yes just simply dedicate One amp to each speaker... Run both the channels with the same signal into the speaker, for example use the Left channel of the amp to into the Low section and the right channel of the amp into the top section... ONe amp running one speaker, and the other speaker gets the other whole amps 2 channels dedicated to it. Use your splitter or jumper to give the same signal to both channels on the amp... So you take your preout of the preamp left channel and feed both the stereo channels on that amp,, and same for the right preout dedicated to your other stereo amp.
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ozzy
7,792 posts
 
What if you are using Balanced interconnects? Are they any quality Balanced spliiters ?
dan_ed
2,451 posts
 
Sure, Oz. Purist Audio, Nordost, etc., all make y-adapters. I used a pair from Cobalt Cables, perhaps not the best but they did work.
daveb511 OP
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thought i'd let u all know how the biamping went, all my cables and things have come, also the 2nd identical amp (Marantz PM6010OSE)....

well i setup the system in vertical mode, with one amp for left speaker driving both hi/lo and other amp for right speaker ditto, and i just split the source to both amps, with left split into l/r on amp1 and right split into l/r on amp2.... so the results.... Brilliant!!!, the musical depth is much improved, the defenition in each speaker is a big step-up, the sound-stage is much the same, there is a good deal more bass, all in all the music is a lot more alive than before. I'm lacking real detail but thats more down to my very old CD source (Marantz CD54), i've got a Sony SCD-BX940 coming soon to have a play with, so will drop in the odd SACD to see how it sounds, but at the mo. all in all very happy, i'll have a play at changing to horizontal bi-amping with one amp for Hi's and one for Lo's just to see the difference, just more of a faff getting the balance right on the two amp volume control.

anyway, off to pour a beer and have a listen....
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