Integrated amp with 2 pair binding posts

Various Cambridge Audio Integrated Amps have two sets of binding posts. The A3i, A300SE and others. They were mainly intended for easy Bi-Wiring and not 4 speakers, so I am not sure how the load will be handled. You may want to contact the Distributor or a dealer.

Maybe one set is for 4,the other 8 ohm speakers? Where's da' manuall?

Arcam Alpha 10 has two pairs of binding posts. Sounds great, and can be upgraded with HT signal processing if needed in the future. For more power an Alpha 10P stereo power amp can be added: Quad wiring anyone?

I believe both sets of speakers must be 8 ohm min. Of course, you could connect both sets and only have one set playing at any time(they are switched).

DO you want to play both sets at the same time?

Tom

I believe how that works if the posts are simply for biwiring is they are wired in parallel. This would mean the amp would see half of your speakers impedences . For example if you had 2 pairs of 8 ohm speakers the amp would see one 4 ohm speaker. If you had 2 pair of 4 ohm speakers the amp would only see one two ohm speaker. The 8 ohms speakers shouldn't be a problem, but 2 sets of 4 ohm speakers would probably give your amp great difficulty. Make sure you know the wiring of the amp and the speakers impedences before you try this. If the amp has one 8 ohm output and a 4 ohm output, I wouldn't try it at all, unless you can determine that they were wired in series and not parallel.