Hello All,
I'm trying to biamp my speakers which have only one input. Can I just split the inputs on the crossover or do I need a different crossover? Picture of crossover below.
thanks
Rich
I'm trying to biamp my speakers which have only one input. Can I just split the inputs on the crossover or do I need a different crossover? Picture of crossover below.
thanks
Rich
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
If its a parallell crossover (not a series co), then you can split it in a bass and tweeter part. But be careful so that the tweeter stays protected against incoming bass 🙂
It looks like simple second order crossover. Bigger coil with and electrolyt are likely bass section, MP cap and smaller coil are tweeter section. Resistors to match efficiencies, likely in tweeter too.
Trace it, draw it first, post the schematics. It should be easy.
Trace it, draw it first, post the schematics. It should be easy.
For bi-amping you get rid of the crossover--kind of the point!
The only point to splitting the passive crossover to high pass and low pass passive filters is you can drive the drivers at different levels by adjusting the gains on the amplifiers. Besides that, you basically gain nothing so why waste amplifiers and wire by going passive?
If you really want to "bi-amp" the speaker or go active, read up on active processing, how speaker drivers work etc. before attempting active bi-amping. Good luck in your quest, active processing can be a mind melter but stick with it--thousands of teenagers figure it out each year when they actively bi/tri/quad amp their car audio systems.
Have fun!
The only point to splitting the passive crossover to high pass and low pass passive filters is you can drive the drivers at different levels by adjusting the gains on the amplifiers. Besides that, you basically gain nothing so why waste amplifiers and wire by going passive?
If you really want to "bi-amp" the speaker or go active, read up on active processing, how speaker drivers work etc. before attempting active bi-amping. Good luck in your quest, active processing can be a mind melter but stick with it--thousands of teenagers figure it out each year when they actively bi/tri/quad amp their car audio systems.
Have fun!
Maybe you gain sound quality if biamplification allows you to use those sweet sounding low power classA amps in upper section? Just saying...
