theryugobuddy Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 How do crossovers work? I'm moving from a two story home to a ranch style, and I'm going to combine the upstairs and downstairs sound systems. Both are stereo with separates. How do I hook up a preamp to the two power amps I have? I'll have a B&K PT3 preamp and a 140-watt B&K power amp pushing KG5.2 Klipsches and an Adcom 60-watt power amp pushing old EV's I've had re-done with cones and crossovers. Is there a particular brand I should look for, and can I get a good used one on eBay? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnysal Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 a crossover will not do what you ask, it is for another function, you want a switch. Niles and Monster both make speaker and amplifier switches. tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jheis Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 If you are interested I have two Niles DPS-1's for sale. The DPS-1 allows you to hook up two different amplifier sources to one set of speakers, or conversely hook the output of a single two channel amp to two different speaker pairs. I bought these when I decided to get into home theater and was EXTREMELY dissapointed by the sound quality of the Denon 1804 AVR I bought as compaired to the same speakers when driven by my Carver or B&K amps. However, after about two weeks I dumped the Denon and upgraded to a B&K Ref 50 pre/pro and added a couple more B&K two channel amps. So, no longer any need to change amps to listen to two channel. One DPS-1 is new in the box, never even opened. The other was used for about two weeks. I believe they retail for about $90.00 ea. I'll sell the NIB for $60.00 and the two week old one for $50.00 (plus shipping) if anyone is interested. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theryugobuddy Posted March 16, 2005 Author Share Posted March 16, 2005 I've got an Adcom speaker switch-- Is it possible to use one preamp and two power amps in the same system? That's my question. I want to use one power amp for the front speakers and one for the rears, using the one source going through a shared preamp. Would a amplifier switch accojplish this? Or, do I want to do this? How do you wire it-Thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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