Hooking up additional amps

Bi and Tri wiring is different than bi or tri amping.
In bi amping, for example, the signal from the pre amp goes to an electronic cross-over then out to the amps and then to the woofer or tweeter.
In bi wiring the crossover is in the speaker and all the wiring goes back from the speaker to the amp terminals. If you try to hook up 2 amps in a bi-wire set up, you effectively connect the speaker outs of each amp to eachother. This would probably damage both amps.
Can you bypass the crossover in the Vandersteens?

When biamping without an electronic xover, it is important for the amps to be very similar in output. If you use the balanced outs on the Line 3, you will have 6db more output from the mono amps. Try it and see how it sounds. If need be, you can get a pair of balanced y cables and split the balanced signal and send it to the Aragon as well.

You can do what you describe but, as Rwwear has pointed out, you will need to encorporate some way to balance each amp to compensate for their different gain and for the difference in the Line 3's output levels between balanced and SE. You can eliminate the latter point by using both sets of balanced or both sets of SE for the amps.

Kal

I would think you are better off not doing it, you have to deal with the amps sounding different and having different tonal signitutes. Vandersteens are very transparent and you could hear the difference in the amps. Along wiht the above issues.

So just hooking them up the way I described would not be the correct way of doing it. I guessI also want to know is can I use the balanced and single ended connections period. Or is it one or the other? I am looking at a pair of Odyssey Mono Extremes. If I go with these or any other monos, I would have to actually have to get tri-wire to connect the speakers unless the amps have dual posts for bi-amping. It has been recommended to use a separate amp for the bass. That's why I was going to get the Odysseys. Now how about this, (too many questions and I really appreciate your responses...), if I lucked up on a pair of Aragon Palladium II, which should probably match more closely to the output level or the 8008BB, could I then preform the connection I described?

You seem confused: :If I go with these or any other monos, I would have to actually have to get tri-wire to connect the speakers unless the amps have dual posts for bi-amping." Dual posts are for biwiring, not biamping.

But, yes, you can use any and all of the outputs simultaneously. The BAL and SE are separately driven.

Kal (who believes you should ask Vandersteen if this is worth the candle)