Jfiluk - the build quality was poor and my big MIT speaker cables had a hard time staying connected with those cheap push-type connectors so I hardly used it.
switching between unique amps using biwire posts?
This may seem like a crazy idea, so I thought I would test the waters here to see if anyone has done this before I may cause potential damage.
Scenario:
I currently have my main front speakers JM Labs Chorus 706s (with biwire capabilities thatI do not use). What I do do however is routinely switch between my digital amp, and my tube amp routinely using banana plugs at the speaker. Because I am getting sick of manually switching plugs each time I change amps, here is my question:
1) Could I wire both amps in using the 4 connections on the back of each speaker simultaneously? ie. LF's to the tube amp and HF's to the digital amp. I would keep the biwire jumpers in place. Of course I would make sure that I would only have one amp powered up at a time.
2) Could this scenario cause any harm to either the speakers or the amps? I wonder what would actually happen if I turned both amps on, w/o removing the biwire jumper? I wonder if I would have impedance issues even if one of the amps is turned off?
3) If it is just plain risky, should I just pick up a Niles DPS-1 amp selector and use that instead? I'm just worried I would suffer signal degradation doing this.
Just trying to see if other people have come up with creative ways to use their bi-wire connectivities.
Thanks,
Jason
Scenario:
I currently have my main front speakers JM Labs Chorus 706s (with biwire capabilities thatI do not use). What I do do however is routinely switch between my digital amp, and my tube amp routinely using banana plugs at the speaker. Because I am getting sick of manually switching plugs each time I change amps, here is my question:
1) Could I wire both amps in using the 4 connections on the back of each speaker simultaneously? ie. LF's to the tube amp and HF's to the digital amp. I would keep the biwire jumpers in place. Of course I would make sure that I would only have one amp powered up at a time.
2) Could this scenario cause any harm to either the speakers or the amps? I wonder what would actually happen if I turned both amps on, w/o removing the biwire jumper? I wonder if I would have impedance issues even if one of the amps is turned off?
3) If it is just plain risky, should I just pick up a Niles DPS-1 amp selector and use that instead? I'm just worried I would suffer signal degradation doing this.
Just trying to see if other people have come up with creative ways to use their bi-wire connectivities.
Thanks,
Jason
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