Bi-Amping: How can I determine relative output?


Long Story Short:  I have a 50w/channel pair of tube monos, and a 300w stereo solid state amp playing through a set of JBL 4367s. two way monitors.

The tubes are on the horn tweeter and the solid state is on the 15" woofer, crossover is apparently 700hz.

Doing absolutely nothing, some music sounds completely "normal" and some music sounds artificially bass heavy.

The solid state amp has gain adjustments for each channel.

I have a Fluke 115 multimeter, and access to plenty of test tones, but nothing to read SPL.

Is there a way to measure output at the speaker terminals such that I could dial the woofer amp down to "match" the tube amps?

If so, would this be more or less constant as the preamp driving the amps changes  volume, or would it only "match" (to the extent that it actually matches at all) at one volume level?

 

 

 

gthirteen

Showing 1 response by carlsbad

I like what Erik described above but in the end, you'll have to go with your ears.  My thought is that the songs that sound normal have room for more bass in them.  They might even sound better with the more bass to many or most people.  I would use a bass heavy song and turn it down until it sounds right.  Done.