Bi-Amping question...


Hi all:

Just had a quick question for soemone who may have experience with bi-amping this amp. So the quick background with this amp is that it's a 2-channel integrated amp with tape-out also, but can also serve as a preamp alone. The unique quality/flaw is that if you use just the pre-amp, technically, the speaker terminals are hot.

With that being said, can I bi-amp by just connecting the low end to the Krell and have the pre-out go to my monoblocks (which in turn will connect to the mid and high)?

How is bi-amping done normally?
neway317

Showing 1 response by hotsauce

Yes, you should be able to do that.

However, if the Krells have more gain than the integrated you won't be able to turn the integrated loud enough to match.

Some folks biamp with matching amps. I think using tubes for top end, and SS for bass matches each amp to its strength though.

I'm also biamping, but I'm using a Marchand active crossover between the preamp and amps to split and adjust the signal.

John C.