Connecting the Loudspeakers - 3 | Connecting the Loudspeakers - 4 |
Bi-wiring
True
Prepare the crossover panel as shown on the previous page. Proceed as for standard wiring, but connect one cable to the bass terminals of the speaker. Connect a second cable to the midrange and treble terminals. Refer to the diagram. After connection, tighten all the terminals with the supplied wrench as shown previously.
Bi-amping and Tri-amping
Connecting each loudspeaker drive element to separate amplification offers the highest possible performance level. It is not necessary for the amplifiers in the treble and bass sections to be identical. In fact for tube ampli- fier enthusiasts, there are advantages to using smaller amplifiers in the treble and midrange sections as the smaller transformers offer the significant possibility of extended, sweeter treble response.
To multi-amp, the following criteria are essential:
• The amplifiers should be phase coherent. In other words, all amplifiers should be, by design, phase | |
| ing or phase inverting, or if not, should be connected so as to be all phase |
• The amplifiers must have identical voltage gains, or should be set up to have identical voltage gains. | |
• | The amplifiers must have low residual noise characteristics, especially in the midrange and treble sections. |
• | Amplifiers in corresponding channels must be identical; i.e., both bass amplifiers must be the same and so on. |
HF |
MF |
LF |
HF
MF
AMPLIFIER
LF
If any of the above conditions are not met, separate amplification will be significantly worse than ordinary bi- or
Right Speaker | Left Speaker |
Tri-wiring
The logical extension to
To
HF | MID / |
| TREBLE |
| AMP |
MF |
|
| BASS |
LF | AMP |
Bi-amping
The Mid/Treble amplifier is
(One channel shown)
TREBLE
HF |
HF |
HF |
MF |
AMP
MID
Tri-amping
MF |
AMPLIFIER |
LF |
Right Speaker
MF |
LF |
Left Speaker
LF |
AMP
BASS
AMP
(One channel shown)
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Important Note. After connecting and placing the loudspeaker upright, the connections will be hidden from | Important Note. After connecting and placing the loudspeaker upright, the connections will be hidden from |
view. We strongly recommend that you identify each cable to eliminate possible difficulties down the line. | view. We strongly recommend that you identify each cable to eliminate possible difficulties down the line. |
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