how many amplifiers in an audolab 8000p?

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It has 4 speaker terminals for biwired output, but this muppet just bought 2-way to 4 way bi-wire cables, instead of 4 to 4.

Question is, does the 8000p actually have 4 amplifiers, two for left and two for right, that means I am wasting them with these cables.... or will it make no difference because it only has 2 amps with two sets of terminals for each?

Do I send my cables back with a letter of oops?

I got the QED silver anniversary XT btw... 138 beans

 

[Andrew Everard]

No, just two amp sections, left and right, in common with just about every stereo amp, even with two sets of terminals for each channel. So your cables will be fine.

 

[Anonymous]

ah splendid.. heh, but it still makes it feel fake only having 2 connectors at one end;P

 

[Anonymous]

Send them back and get single cable lengths! No need for bi-wiring if you're not bi-amping.

 

[Anonymous]

you think?

should I decide to bi-amp sometime in the future do you reckon I could just get the amp end re-terminated?

 

[Anonymous]

That would certainly make them worth keeping for now, and yes, you could get the amp end re-terminated by a dealer with the special tool the airlocks need. So perhaps on balance they're worth keeping if you intend one day to bi-amp.

 

[Anonymous]

or perhaps I could aquire the tool, some decent cable, reterminate this pair and make some more of my own for other speakers (perhaps for surround speakers)...

Any idea of the cost/availability of such a tool (and the plugs)... or even what the tool is called so I can find out?

 

[Anonymous]

Have just read about these online http://www.anticables.com/home.html and I have to say it sounds very interesting. Take a look at what they say.

Also, there have been some very interesting posts on here that suggest bi-wiring may not be such a phantom after all. You could give it a go and find some real gains. Case of suck it and see, it seems.