What is bi-amping?
Bi-amping involves the use of two separate amplifier channels per speaker, one to connect to each pair of binding posts.
It is only possible when speakers have two or more sets of binding posts.
Benefits include: transients are less likely to cause amplifier overload (clipping) and/or speaker damage, reduced distortion, and better matching of the power amplifier to speaker drivers.
How to bi-amp speakers
- Ensure that your system is powered OFF.
- Remove the bi-wire bridges from each speaker (this separates the low pass filter & high pass filter crossovers).
- Connect each amplifier channel to its respective speaker section as shown.
- Set the level controls on the amplifiers such that the signal will arrive at all speaker terminals at the same power-volume level. If your amplifiers are identical, it is usually sufficient to set all the amplifier level controls the same.
- The speaker’s built-in crossovers are designed to match the efficiency of all the individual drivers (tweeters, midranges, and woofers) When using the bi-amplifier connection you must directly deal with some of these issues by adjusting levels according to your listening preference.