Option number 1, as you've presented it, won't work, at least if your goal is to bi-amp. You can certainly bi-wire this way, but it's not bi-amping. It would just be a regular pre amp/power amp set-up, with the speakers being bi-wired. In this set-up, the power amp section of amp 1 wouldn't be doing anything. Both speakers are being powered by amp 2 alone. To bi-amp, you would have to connect the speakers to both amp 1 and amp 2.
Advice- bi-amp using integrated amp
Hi,
I have bought an older version of the same integrated amp (only has pre-out terminals, same power rating, similar spec’s.) for a power amp. How should I configure it? :
1. ‘Power amp’: Connect Amp1 ('pre') pre-outs to a line-level input on Amp2 ('power'), bi-wiring from Amp2?
OR
2. 'Bi-amp' : Amp1 driving the highs on both speakers and Amp2 the lows to deliver cleaner power? Would this introduce delays between the frequencies?
Any thoughts/ comments appreciated,
Ben.
I have bought an older version of the same integrated amp (only has pre-out terminals, same power rating, similar spec’s.) for a power amp. How should I configure it? :
1. ‘Power amp’: Connect Amp1 ('pre') pre-outs to a line-level input on Amp2 ('power'), bi-wiring from Amp2?
OR
2. 'Bi-amp' : Amp1 driving the highs on both speakers and Amp2 the lows to deliver cleaner power? Would this introduce delays between the frequencies?
Any thoughts/ comments appreciated,
Ben.
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