Tri-amp with stereo SS on bottom / tube monos top



I've been considering a set-up of driving my Tyler Acoustic taylo ref monitors with a solid state amp for the lows and a pair of tube monoblocks for the midrange/highs.

Do the amps have to be exactly matching in output? If not, is there a curve of diminishing return where they should be close? Does it matter at all?
kevinw

Showing 1 response by marakanetz

There are tooo many pro-s and cons you should consider before you step on such decision.

PASSIVE bi-tri-amplification. In tri-amplification the task of matching amps even more sophisticated than on bi-amplification certainly.
Amps must have an equal gain and somewhat equal input sencitivity. You might prefer in this case an adjustable gain amplifiers that can be adjusted to your ear or implement an independed volume controls on each amp hooked up to the binding posts of your speaker if the gains do not match.
IN RESULT you will get a large flexibility to adjust to your ears and room the right combination from three amps, but the cost of wires to hook-up volume controls and the volume controls themselves will get very very close to...>>>

ACTIVE bi-tri-amplification using an electronic crossover. In this case you have more flexibility to choose an amplifier but you will have to take internal speaker crossover out which some certainly will say will kill the speaker as a designed brand i.e. there will be no Taylo ref it will be something else. How will "it" sound you never know unless you try and maybe after exersising both of these cases you will end up with.....>>>

ONE AMP that has enough power, costs alike or less than three(consider a pair of monos as one stereo)