bi-wiring center speaker


All,
My center speaker is bi-wireable and I have a stereo amp dedicated for it. I planed to bi-wire the center speaker by hooking up one channel from the amp to the woofer connection on the speaker and the other channel to the tweeter connection of the speaker. My concern is that now each of the amp's channels will see a different load and as I vaguely remember reading somewhere that this is not healthy to the amp. Can somebody help confirming if this is an ok thing to do or not?
Thanks,
Chuso
chuso

Showing 1 response by sean

You won't have ANY problem doing that other than you'll have to split the signal to both inputs of the amp. This is not a big deal IF your processor has two outputs for center ( as some processors do ). Otherwise, you'll have to use a "T" or "Y" connector and use two seperate cables, one for each channel.

One thing that i would check first is to call the manufacturer to see if you can safely BI-AMP this speaker, as that is really what you are trying to do. Bi-wiring would be using two seperate runs of wire to feed the top and bottom section of the speaker, but they would be connected to the same amp channel. In effect, you would be passively bi-amping this speaker in a "vertical" configuration.

While some speakers may have dual binding posts for the highs and lows, they are still connected internally. As such, you could do damage to the amp by connecting the two channels together inside the speaker. Make some phone calls or emails and then proceed from there. Better to be safe than sorry. Sean
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