Cello Grand Master- go active?


Hi, I have a pair of the legendary Cello Grand Master. I currently use four channels of amplification to each speaker. Despite the satisfactory result, I can't help thinking of the improvemnet I could obtain from going fully active. From my vague memory, the crossover frequencies are 300HZ and 5000 HZ at 24 db/octave. Any opinion on this idea?
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Showing 1 response by drrdiamond

Krell probably makes, by custom order, the best electronic crossover out there. I would contact them, as they may have that info.

Other possible sources for info would be either Viola.com (same engineers), Mathew James (have use of the Cello name and repairs them), and lastly, Red Rose Music (for Mark Levinson's opinion).

My non-Cello system is actively biamped, but I would do a lot of research before actively biamping the Cello's. I have heard the Big Cello speakers at Marks place many times and did love them. They were always driven by bridged Performance amp. If actively biamping them would have been a good idea, Mark could have easily done that since he had the number of amps available. I have never heard of anyone ever trying what you suggest. ... But it is a great idea.

Richard
PS> Actively biamping my speakers was the single, best (all be it, the most expensive) upgrade that I ever made.