bi-amping.which way is best.

[nads]

or 2 big amps

 

[Anonymous]

[quote user="nads"]or 2 big amps [/quote]
You sir, are a thug

 

[Anonymous]

[quote user="Fingers Lee"]
[quote user="ranjeetrain"][quote user="Fingers Lee"]

[quote user="ranjeetrain"]You can have different amps with different power ratings and they will work[/quote]

With the simplistic form of bi-amping being discussed here yes, they will work but it's not a good idea because you will then be limited to the maximum power of the lesser amp.

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Not sure why would you say that. The only problem with mixing dissimilar amps is gain matching, like Andrew pointed out. In which case I would expect that the person going for the approach knows about the pros and cons of such a setup.[/quote]

OK, let's say we have 2 amps, one can produce 10V without clipping but the other can produce only 5V before it clips. Both amps are producing the full audio spectrum so if you gain match them the 5V one will be clipping long before the 10V one. This means that the maximum power you can reproduce is limited to the onset of clipping in the 5V one.

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Point taken. But that would be if the amps are so different that one clips at 5V the other at 10V. More over, that is applicable when you drive your speakers so loud that your amps begin clipping. I don't think that's a practical scenario. In practice this will not happen.

Besides, the advantage of being able to mix amps of different sonic characteristics. Just think about it. Isn't that a good advantage.

 

[nads]

[quote user="jimwall"][quote user="nads"]or 2 big amps [/quote]
You sir, are a thug [/quote] why thank you kind Sir.

 

[Anonymous]

[quote user="ranjeetrain"]Point taken. But that would be if the amps are so different that one clips at 5V the other at 10V. More over, that is applicable when you drive your speakers so loud that your amps begin clipping. I don't think that's a practical scenario. In practice this will not happen.

Besides, the advantage of being able to mix amps of different sonic characteristics. Just think about it. Isn't that a good advantage.[/quote]

I think to go out and buy double the requirement of amplifiers just to use in this rather dubious way is a folly but that's not to say it isn't worth trying if you already have the necessary amplifiers lying about. Don't, whatever you do, try it with valve amps though.