I agree with Tireguy about the break-in, especially the woofer panels. Might want to give that item the rest of the month, at least, and see how the bass is then (play 'em loud). Of course, room placement is very, very important. Play with toe-in and whether the soundstage is better with ribbons out or in. I have my 3.6s away from the back wall about 5 feet.
I like the bi-amping idea, I use a Marchand XM44-3 balanced and/or single ended. Just got my second InnerSound ESL amp (600 WPC /4 ohms) so I will know more next week. One InnerSound is awesome but I want to play with the tonal balance just a little bit, maybe warm it up a tad.
The reason for the 3-way crossover is to roll off the deep bass of the 3.6. I'm not believer in making the bass panels try to make 95-100db of low bass, that's what a good sub-woofer or two is for. I've got frequency modules (20 bucks the pair) that allow me to experiment with rolling off at 40,50, and 60HZ/24db per octave. Then my sub-woofer can do the dirty work.
I disagree with Tireguy when it comes to the fuse bypass bidness. Speaking from experience, if you clip the output of the power amp, it will blow the fuses and sometimes the ribbons as well. Without a fuse, I think you're just asking from trouble, unless you really don't like it loud. The InnerSound amp has no problems in this area. In fact, the top end sounds an awful like my Atma-Sphere amps which I will be selling soon.
You're going to have fun whatever you wind up doing. I know I am and the meantime listen to a lot of really good music played back superbly.
I like the bi-amping idea, I use a Marchand XM44-3 balanced and/or single ended. Just got my second InnerSound ESL amp (600 WPC /4 ohms) so I will know more next week. One InnerSound is awesome but I want to play with the tonal balance just a little bit, maybe warm it up a tad.
The reason for the 3-way crossover is to roll off the deep bass of the 3.6. I'm not believer in making the bass panels try to make 95-100db of low bass, that's what a good sub-woofer or two is for. I've got frequency modules (20 bucks the pair) that allow me to experiment with rolling off at 40,50, and 60HZ/24db per octave. Then my sub-woofer can do the dirty work.
I disagree with Tireguy when it comes to the fuse bypass bidness. Speaking from experience, if you clip the output of the power amp, it will blow the fuses and sometimes the ribbons as well. Without a fuse, I think you're just asking from trouble, unless you really don't like it loud. The InnerSound amp has no problems in this area. In fact, the top end sounds an awful like my Atma-Sphere amps which I will be selling soon.
You're going to have fun whatever you wind up doing. I know I am and the meantime listen to a lot of really good music played back superbly.