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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

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dan_ed
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You're talking about horizontal bi-amping. Does work pretty good. Back when I was running a similar configuration I found that vertical bi-amping did offer some improvements. For that, you only need the one set of outputs from your CD and run a single cable to each amp. Then use a good quality splitter at the amp to drive both inputs on each amp. You would then attach one channel on each amp to the low end on each speaker and the other channel on each amp to the high end on each speaker.

Good luck,

Dan
dan_ed
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I belive you've got it right. I do think it is the best way if you are using 2 stereo amps.

Enjoy,

Dan
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.
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