Bi-amping

[jeff92k7]

Originally Posted by mdabb

Receiver pre-amp outputs > Y adaptor > Amp inputs > Amp speaker outputs/binding posts) > Speakers

Remove the jumper cables or plates on speakers !!!

That's only going to cause them to sound even worse. NEVER, EVER use a "y" adaptor. Use a proper crossover unless your speakers have built in crossover (bandpass) filters inline between the connection plate and the drivers.

Without them, you are going to get nasty comb filtering and some phase issues between the two speaker drivers as they both try to reproduce the same frequencies.

Other than that, the basic signal chain is correct, but realize that you will have two outputs for each channel coming out of your crossover that each will go to separate channels on your amplifiers and will continue to the separate inputs on the speaker cabinets that correspond to each driver.

If your receiver/preamp has a built in crossover, then you should have two (or more) output connectors on it for each speaker (L/C/R) to connect directly to each amplifier input.