Pedej0e:
thanks very much for your help. still a bit confused though. dont know what you mean by 'You can use the integrated amp to drive the mids/highs and use the power amp to drive the bass or vice versa'. does it mean turning up the bass dial on one amp and the treble on the other ?
i will be having a power amp hooked up to an integrated amp. its that bit you mention that interests me most/drives me most to get a power amp, but dont understand still the bass on one and mids/high on the other. sorry to be a bit thick. food is my area of most knowledge.
thanks to everyone for there help.
pedejoe,
that is how I set up my amps. however, I am using 2 monoblocks. Ok let me try to explain this assuming you would want to use a stereo power amp.
1. Your integrated amp should have a pair of speakers binding post (one for left speaker and one for right). To bi amp, first of all, your speakers must have 2 pair of binding post on each speaker (one for mids/high and one for bass)
2. Using a pair of RCA interconnect, connect the preamp output on your integrated to the stereo power amp input.
3. You will now need 4 pairs of speaker cables. Take out any metal links from your speakers. The links usually comes with your speakers and its attached to the binding posts in the case that you are not biamping them.
4. For the 4 speaker cables, connect them as follows:
- from left binding post on integrated amp to the mids/high binding post on your left speaker
- from right binding post on integrated amp to the mids/high binding post on your right speaker
- from left binding post on stereo power amp to the bass binding post on your left speaker
- from right binding post on stereo power amp to the bass binding post on your right speaker
Hope that helps.
If still in doubt, the power amp that you intend to purchase, should come with a manual and a diagram on how to bi amp your speakers.
Now, assuming that you are a chef as food is the area that you have most knowledge in, maybe you can share the recipe for a good, creamy creme brule
just kidding.