Can I please have anyone’s thoughts on this experiment?
I’m trying a bi-amping experiment, I think it’s called Vertical Bi-amping,
I’m connecting a Cambridge Audio 740a to the bass driver terminals of my B&W DM602 s2 speakers and a Rega Brio to the tweeter terminals, both with QED Silver anniversary speaker cables.
Everything plugs in to the Cambridge and I’m using the pre outs to connect to the line input on the Brio.
I was trying this last night and the results were not bad. I’m doing this because I have the HiFi in a conservatory which has difficult acoustics, I find the Brio on it’s own has a light Bass weight but superb treble and clarity. The Cambridge however I find a little gritty sounding at the top end but lovely and warm in the Bass, so I thought of combining the two together.
So I have tried it and the results are not bad, the sound is not as open and detailed as just with the Brio but definitely more richness and warmth and a bit more musical.
Can anyone tell me what impedance the amps are seeing?
My B&W’s are rated as 8ohms, are the amps seeing 8ohms or are the seeing 4ohms?
I’m just wondering if this is a good idea or not to carry on with this, Are the B&W’s designed to be BI-amped or not. I welcome your thoughts from who is experienced with Bi-amping in this way.
Thanks
I’m trying a bi-amping experiment, I think it’s called Vertical Bi-amping,
I’m connecting a Cambridge Audio 740a to the bass driver terminals of my B&W DM602 s2 speakers and a Rega Brio to the tweeter terminals, both with QED Silver anniversary speaker cables.
Everything plugs in to the Cambridge and I’m using the pre outs to connect to the line input on the Brio.
I was trying this last night and the results were not bad. I’m doing this because I have the HiFi in a conservatory which has difficult acoustics, I find the Brio on it’s own has a light Bass weight but superb treble and clarity. The Cambridge however I find a little gritty sounding at the top end but lovely and warm in the Bass, so I thought of combining the two together.
So I have tried it and the results are not bad, the sound is not as open and detailed as just with the Brio but definitely more richness and warmth and a bit more musical.
Can anyone tell me what impedance the amps are seeing?
My B&W’s are rated as 8ohms, are the amps seeing 8ohms or are the seeing 4ohms?
I’m just wondering if this is a good idea or not to carry on with this, Are the B&W’s designed to be BI-amped or not. I welcome your thoughts from who is experienced with Bi-amping in this way.
Thanks