Biamping B&W Nautilus 803's


Hi

I need opinions whether if I should Biamp my B&W N803's.
I presently have a Jeff Rowland Model 2 with BPS. I am awaiting shipment of the the Jeff Rowland Concentra I Int. Amp tommarrow. I was thinking of powering the mids/highs with the model 2, and using the concentra's amp section to power the N803's bass section. Is this overkill ? Should I just sell off the model 2 ? Opinions are greatly appreciated...
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Showing 1 response by marakanetz

If you will make it with literacy and with knowledge of that issue you might unbelievably succeed. I've had a previous discussion and also read some theoretical bases of successful biamping and reveal to you what I'm currently aiming for:

Having a second amp is great but not good enough. You have to acquire in addition an active crossover and disconnect the built-in crossover(s) from the speaker otherwise a bi-amping will be just a waste of money(don't plan to do a passive bi-amping with all that Y-connector kind of softly-saying excersise since it's the same thing as to have one amplifier).

In my future plans is to get either top-end amplifier with smaller power than I currently have or the bottom-end amplifier with larger power than I currently have and certainly active crossover or DIY kit with top quality parts from Marchand Electronics or Percy Audio.

The outcome might be drammatically great for speakers and for amps as well. Due to a simplier path through the drivers the amps will drow a higher current without clipping; due to a drammatically lowered inductance of active crossover the higher freequencies will become so well defined and less fatiguing.