Thanks for the responses. Setting up aktiv sounds too costly/invasive, so it seems that traditional bi-amping wouldn't help.
With that said, I just received a velodyne SMS-1 and realized it is a special case where bi-amping might make sense for the linns.
If I'm reading correctly, it provides an output where the signal <= 80hz has been stripped. So I can use it as a high pass filter (or poor man's extrernal cross over).
Bi-amping would work as follows. First, split the output from my passive lightspeed attenuator. Then use the two signals as follows:
1) feed one to the SMS so that it strips off the <= 80hz part of the signal and then feed the result to the "subwoofer" driver of the linn so that the linn doesn't compete with the two subs I have.
2) feed the other (unfiltered) right to the amp used for the tweeters/midrange drivers. This prevents the SMS from messing with the signal.
Not sure if this will sound better, of course.
Thanks for the responses!
With that said, I just received a velodyne SMS-1 and realized it is a special case where bi-amping might make sense for the linns.
If I'm reading correctly, it provides an output where the signal <= 80hz has been stripped. So I can use it as a high pass filter (or poor man's extrernal cross over).
Bi-amping would work as follows. First, split the output from my passive lightspeed attenuator. Then use the two signals as follows:
1) feed one to the SMS so that it strips off the <= 80hz part of the signal and then feed the result to the "subwoofer" driver of the linn so that the linn doesn't compete with the two subs I have.
2) feed the other (unfiltered) right to the amp used for the tweeters/midrange drivers. This prevents the SMS from messing with the signal.
Not sure if this will sound better, of course.
Thanks for the responses!