Craig6519 Posted October 20, 2001 Share Posted October 20, 2001 I wanted to know what you guys thought. I have just ordered a Acurus A200x3 amp, and was thinking about picking up a 125x5 too. Heres what i was thinking of doing. Run the 200x3 two of the channels to the woofs on the 30's and the third to the center channel, then running two channels from the 125x5 to the highs on the 30's and the other two to my exisiting side surrounds, and leaving the fifth channel for a future rear center channel. So do you think 200watts to the woof and 125watts to the highs in a Bi-amp configuration on my 30's be a good idea? Thanks Craig ------------------ Klipsch KLF30 Mains Klipsch KLF-C7 Center Klipsch KSP-S6 Surrounds Klipsch KG4 Surrounds Klipsch KSB 1.1 Front Effects Dual SVS 20-39CS Sub's Samaon S700 Sub Amp ART 351 Eq. Yamaha DSP-A1 Yamaha MDX-793 Mini disc Yamaha TX-492 Tuner Sony CDP-C701ES 5 disc Player Panasonic A110 DVD Hitachi MX6080EM Muli-system HI-FI VCR Hitachi 29" T.V. Denon DP-37F Turntable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig6519 Posted October 20, 2001 Author Share Posted October 20, 2001 Anybody? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEAR Posted October 20, 2001 Share Posted October 20, 2001 I think 125W for the mids/highs is plenty,200W for the woofers is good. I doubt you will ever use 50W on the upper range,still the 125/200 sounds good to me.I never biamped the KLF series,I just used very powerful amps.All my Klipsch(R and S series are not biamped). Just for fun I triamped the Spendor FL-10 speakers,I used a Celeste 4070 for the tweeter,4150 for the midrange and a 4250 for the bass(twin 12" woofers). The impact and freedom from compression was remarkable. (70W RMS highs,150W RMS midrange and 250W RMS bass). TheEAR(s) Now theears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig6519 Posted October 21, 2001 Author Share Posted October 21, 2001 Thanks for the reply EAR. That's just the type of reply I was looking for. Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEAR Posted October 21, 2001 Share Posted October 21, 2001 Sorry I could not help more,I just dont biamp Klipsch speakers.Using good cables with quality amps I get very good results. Did you know Dynaudio Contour series cannot be biamped! Dunaudio does nor believe in biamping.If you use a good amp you dont need biamping(if the crossover was well designed). I only "triamped" the large Spendors for fun. TheEAR(s) Now theears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig6519 Posted October 21, 2001 Author Share Posted October 21, 2001 Thanks Again EAR, I was just wondering If this would be an improvement as they made the Legends Bi-Amp and Bi-wireable. I'm sure the Acurus is going to be a huge improvement over my exisiting Yamaha anyway. I don't know should i just save my money? Anybody out there Bi-amp there Legends with good results? Thanks Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig6519 Posted October 22, 2001 Author Share Posted October 22, 2001 Isn't anybody bi-amping there 30's? I'd like a few more opinions before i purchase. Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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boa12 Posted October 22, 2001 Share Posted October 22, 2001 craig, i haven't biamped (yet). biwired offered some improvement to the 30s. but i have to warn u - those 30s will probably really rock w/ biamped acurus, but next you may be looking for a new pre/pro (w/ like adjustable crossover, upgradability, crystal sound, etc.). happened to me (see other post) i believe for best biamping results you'll need external crossovers. i.e., run preouts to a crossover box that then sends the respective signals to each amp. or maybe just split the preouts to each amp. don't know, but bet somebody will answer now your wattage/power amps idea sounds about right to me. This message has been edited by boa12 on 10-22-2001 at 05:22 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig6519 Posted October 23, 2001 Author Share Posted October 23, 2001 Thanks Boa12, adding an external crossover seems a bit to complicated to me right now. I guess i'll just get another 200x3 and be ready for 6.1. Craig ------------------ Klipsch KLF30 Mains Klipsch KLF-C7 Center Klipsch KSP-S6 Surrounds Klipsch KG4 Surrounds Klipsch KSB 1.1 Front Effects Dual SVS 20-39CS Sub's Samaon S700 Sub Amp ART 351 Eq. Yamaha DSP-A1 Yamaha MDX-793 Mini disc Yamaha TX-492 Tuner Sony CDP-C701ES 5 disc Player Panasonic A110 DVD Hitachi MX6080EM Muli-system HI-FI VCR Hitachi 29" T.V. Denon DP-37F Turntable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boa12 Posted October 24, 2001 Share Posted October 24, 2001 yea craig i'd get those acurus while available for those prices. they're great amps. & always room for expansion. even though the same brand, different models w/ different power would probably have different sonic characters & different levels so you'd need an external crossover & volume control since the acurus don't have volume controls. to do a passive biamp you'd definitely need identical amps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig6519 Posted October 25, 2001 Author Share Posted October 25, 2001 Thanks again Boa, I'll get it and start by Bi-wiring first, any suggestion on what gauge wire to use for the highs and lows? Craig ------------------ Klipsch KLF30 Mains Klipsch KLF-C7 Center Klipsch KSP-S6 Surrounds Klipsch KG4 Surrounds Klipsch KSB 1.1 Front Effects Dual SVS 20-39CS Sub's Samaon S700 Sub Amp ART 351 Eq. Yamaha DSP-A1 Acurs 200x3 (In the mail) Yamaha MDX-793 Mini disc Yamaha TX-492 Tuner Sony CDP-C701ES 5 disc Player Sony S565D DVD Hitachi MX6080EM Muli-system HI-FI VCR Hitachi 29" T.V. Denon DP-37F Turntable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boa12 Posted October 25, 2001 Share Posted October 25, 2001 craig, i got premade monster biwires. don't know what guage they are after a few attempts to find out but looks like 18 for the highs & 12 for the lows to me. if i made my own though i'd just keep it consistent w/ 12 ga. to both. unless $ are really an object. shouldn't make a lot of dif. within reason imho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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