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SET on JBL Everests - Mouse breeding an elephant?

I have a set of DD67000s and I’ve been running them on a pair of bridged Mac 275 amps.  I’ve been quite happy with the results even though most advise a lot more juice.  Lately, I’ve been hearing interesting things about the Elekit TU 8600s and I’m curious how that would work on the Everests.  Most of my listening is to acoustic guitar, jazz ensembles, piano (classical and bill evans jazz), and intimate vocals at fairly low volume with the remainder being orchestral/symphonic, early rock, big band, Texas swing at higher volumes.  Room is 22 X 40 with vaulted ceiling.  I’m thinking of adding the SET for the smaller scale stuff and leaving the 275s as they are for the rest.  Thoughts?
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jasonbourne52
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No need to worry about wire quality. Any good quality wire will work just fine!
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I agree with the above post. Use the 452 for the woofers and a single 275 for mids and highs. But get an active cross-over (2 - way) to split the signal from your preamp. That way each amp is not having to see a full - range signal and will work better! I have done this myself with a bi - amp system using four speakers.
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Set the active cross-over to 200 -300 hz.  Feed the lower frequencies to the 452 and connect it to the woofers via the built-in cross-over. Feed the upper frequencies to the 275 and connect it to the mids/highs via the built-in cross - over.
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Use the gain controls on the active cross-over to set the sound levels between low and high frequencies.
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