Can I bi-amp my speakers with two different amps?


I’m hoping this is an amp question.  Can I bi-amp my Revel F52s with two Mark Levinson power amps? A #331 for the top and a  #335 for the bottom.  How would I make the connections to my preamp?  Any other recommendations?
jokomo

Showing 3 responses by georgehifi

boomerbillone
Just to save you from blowing something up, be sure the amps are not connected to a common ground at the speaker end.
Boomer make a good point that could happen to something else, if using linear amp/s for the mids/highs and Class-D for the bass. As many Class-D’s don’t have their negative (black) output at ground potential. Linear's do. 

It may rarely happen but could, if the speaker designer was asleep.

When you remove the speaker bi-amp/bi-wire bridging links at the back of the speaker. Even after removing them make sure with an ohm meter that the two negatives (blacks) are still not connected together inside (meter needs to show open circuit). As if they are you’ll need to break the common trace inside the speaker that connects them on the xover. Otherwise the linear amps black terminal will give ground potential to the black terminal of the Class-D, and BOOM! could happen!

Cheers George
One of the best dynamic speakers I heard was my friends bi-amped pair of Monitor Audio Platinum PL300 he bought over from the UK
They had a pair Pass Labs XA60 on the mids and highs, as they had an easy >4ohms bass load, an Ice Power 1200as Class-D to do the bass.

Cheers George
jokomo Can I bi-amp my speakers with two different amps?

Put the amp with the better controlled bass on the bass
https://www.av2day.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/biamp1.jpg

Use this on input of the amp that's louder, so you can equalize the gains (volume)
https://www.schiit.com/products/sys

Use a pair of these from your preamp
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Valab-Gold-Plated-RCA-Y-Splitter-Adapter-1-Male-to-2-Female-RCA-Adapter-1pcs/283760200309?hash=item42116d0a75:g:RXwAAOSwGBhaYNGt

Cheers George