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12th May 2013, 5:38 pm | #1 |
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setting up a Quad 11 system
Can someone advice me about setting up a Quad 11 biamp system, can I use a modern preamp to do this.
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12th May 2013, 6:56 pm | #2 |
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Re: setting up a Quad 11 system
Why are you bi-amping?
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12th May 2013, 9:58 pm | #3 |
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Re: setting up a Quad 11 system
Do you mean stereo with individual Quad IIs for each channel, or two Quads with frequency range splitters to drive separate woofer and tweeter?
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13th May 2013, 9:13 am | #4 |
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Re: setting up a Quad 11 system
Bi-amping is usually two amps feed with the same signal and then onto halves of the crossover, some 'speakers have 4 terminals just for this. I have never understood why this is done and if using a valve amp a large signal that is out of band will generate a high voltage much the same as not having a 'speaker connected.
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13th May 2013, 12:14 pm | #5 |
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Re: setting up a Quad 11 system
Arghh!
Surely the band splitting is done on the inputs to the amplifiers. That way you can make decent crossover filters without needing to cope with speaker level powers.
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13th May 2013, 1:42 pm | #6 |
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Re: setting up a Quad 11 system
Biamp, I thought meant the use of two amps directly to two drivers in a speaker and the use of a low-level crossover.
The split crossover networks in speakers are for people who use a single amplifier, but feel it important to use different types of wire for bass and treble content. I agree with Merlin that driving a split crossover with two amplifiers and no low-level crossover would produce very unsatisfactory load impedances for each amplifier in part of the band, while each amplifier was still driven in that part of the band. However, there will be someone out there doing it Aargh would be putting it mildly. David
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Re: setting up a Quad 11 system
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A properly engineered multi amp system with low level crossover(s) would take care of the different requirements of the drivers and work well, this bi-amping (frequency selection at the 'speaker would (does) not. I am sure it's a marketting ploy, look at Help, my speakers have six (or more) terminals? on this link http://www.arcam.co.uk/advice-and-su.../bi-amping.htm and to think I worked for them once. |
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13th May 2013, 4:27 pm | #8 |
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Re: setting up a Quad 11 system
It carries the hallmarks of purest Marketingspeak! One of the paths leads to the not-really-biamping thing, while both other outcomes are instructions to go visit your dealer and spend more money! Case proven.
After bi-wiring, bi-amping, how about bi-powering? Petrol generator for the treble amps and Diesel for the bass. You can't trust this electricity out of the wall, you never know where it's come from. David
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14th May 2013, 11:20 am | #9 |
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Re: setting up a Quad 11 system
Also known as buy-amping. I like the generator idea
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