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Bi amp pros out there I could use some help! First time Bi Amping...

Just picked up a BAT vk 200 for the bass and using my Pass Aleph 5 for the mids and tweets. Ive never played around with bi amping so I apologize in advance for any lame questions My speakers are Dunlavy SC3's original 5.5 nominal load. The pass is 90 wpc at 4 Ohm and the BAT is 200 wpc at 4 ohm so Im guessing around 75 wpc off the Pass Amp and 150 plus with the Bat Amp. My pre amp is a Aleph P and Im running the Single ended through a XLR adaptor (cause the Bat is Balanced inputs only) and the pass Aleph 5 off the XLR outputs of the pre and inputs of the Pass amp. The PASS Pre Amp manual says there is a 6db differential between the RCA and XLR outputs  two and both can be driven at the same time. So the RCA is 9db and the XLR is 15 db. Gain is within 2db on each amp. So whats the best way to do this? Get a custom XLR "Y" connector and drive both off the XLR output of the pre? Or is there a way better way to get the magic? This is past my "WORLD" Map and experience so Id thought Id ask for the smart people for advice. 

Thank you in advance!

-ALLGOOD
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sleepwalker65
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To the naysayers: biamping is definitely advantageous with the separation of reactive energy from the woofers from the mid/high drivers. You will experience cleaner midrange and treble if you use amplifiers rated with enough power to stand on their own in non-biamp configuration. I recently upgraded my amps, quadrupling the available power to drive the same speakers, and the difference is very noticeable. 

Next stop: experimenting with subwoofer swarms. 


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Bdp24 you are completely missing the point. The OP wanted to use the bi-amp feature designed into his speakers. In other words, the way they are supposed to work. The jury is still out on power ratio as far as I’m concerned. Bottom line is that the optimal configuration for his speakers is bi-amp. 
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Even a pseudo-balanced cable (twisted pair inside a 100% braid shield tied to chassis ground at one end only) is sonically superior to pseudo-shielded unbalanced cables. 
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