Raggler Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 I am slowly upgrading my system and was wondering if you guys might know if I could do this. Ive searched a lot and cant find anything. I might be upgrading my reciever sooner than I thought. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch11587 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 You can Bi Amp your speakers yes. In your Onkyo manual for your 7.1 setup does it have upper speaker. If it does when you wire your speaker the top speaker connection goes to your front upper channel. When I did this I for sure could tell a huge difference but now that I have bought an Amp I went back to single connection. I might try bi amping again once I get another amp. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Bi-amp will allow you to feed the tweeter and bass driver separately but, each driver will still get the full signal. All the extra power will be wasted in the tweeter. The tweeter does not need as much power as the bass driver. The tweeter will generate heat in the passive crossover to get rid of the extra power. This type of bi-amping differs from active bi-amping, where each driver will get only the signal reqired. Many people feel that there is little to gain with the type of bi-amp that you want to do. An active crossover is before the pre-amp and adds considerable cost to the system. Due to expectation bias, most people feel they hear an improvement. If you search the internet you will not find any objective, measurable data to support passive bi-amping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 List your system, other will chime in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggler Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 Onkyo Ht-R56 RS-42's rear surround RF-82's front surround Infinity Primus PC350 Center Channel 290w onkyo 10in down firing sub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 You can try it and see if you like . It most likely will not be better than just having your speaker connected to the avr with 12 or 14 g wire. The worst thing that can happen is no difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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