Tube bi-amp or not to bi-amp
I was told by my esteemed aerospace electronics brother (real bro, not social bro) that my idea of bi-amping using tubed electronics on the high frequencies (2440) and solid state on the lows (2226) would result in phase differences that might be audible due to the differences in circuits. Anyone concur with this assessment? I would think this would be in the noise, compared to the phase differences from crossover configuration and from driver location. Am I right?
John Y.
Tubes and active crossovers
I have used in the past a electronic crossover (SS) with SS amp on the bottom, and a tube amp for the compression drivers on horns.
The result was very good.
However, my favorite is all tube system with sub plate amp for bottom octave response. This keeps the SS amp only on the bottom with no SS in the signal chain to the main speakers.
Just my opinion though!
Regards, Ron
Altec Made the 771 for this application
Have you tried the 771 bi-amp or the 1224 yet?
These were the original units for the 9846.
I have both units and they are AWSOME on these speakers.
I tried other setups including Crown VFX-2A with Crown amps and Altec amps. They could not beat the Hi-Fi accuracy of those little biamps.
I have a pair of the 9846B's and a pair of the Santiago's.
They are a much better sounding speaker with the biamping than just going thru the N501-8A.
Look for a pair, preferably the 1224's.
You will not be disappointed.
Peter
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