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MC452 x 2 = Bi-amp heaven?
You can get a screaming deal on a used 452 right now.
Has anyone on the forum bi-amped a pair? Curious if bi-amping 452’s would be better than going with a used pair of 601’s (and forget the bi-amp). Thoughts?
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Jon, To be clear, you are thinking of either using one amp for the low end of both channels and other for the high end or having each amp Power the low / high end with their two channels?
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Main Equipment: Kharma Elegance dB11-S, JL Audio F113v2 X 2, Esoteric Grandioso C1X Solo preamp, Bricasti M21 DAC/PRE & M32 Mono Amplifiers, Antipodes Kala K-50 Server with 2 X 4TB internal SSD Power: Shunyata Everest 8000, Sigma XC v2, Sigma NR v2, Alpha NR v2 PCs, Defender, ADDPowr Wizard, 4 X 20 AMP lines Grounding: Shunyata Altaira CGS - 4 X Alpha CGS cables, Network : Supra Cat 8+, Twin (Nenon) Modified Buffalo GS2016 Switches with fiber in between powered with Keces P3 LPSU, Cables: Wireworld Platinum 8 USB, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse 8 Speaker cables, 6M & 1M Tubulus Concentus ICs, Other: GIK & Stillpoint Apertures, Stillpoint Minis and Ultra SS, Three dedicated 20 Amp lines w/Furutech GTX - Gold outlets, Adona 5 Shelf rack, Roon sometimes running self made convolution filters |
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One amp for the low end, both channels...one amp got the high end, both channels
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Go for one amp per speaker, one amp for each channel. You elliminate channel crosstalk
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Plus shorter speaker cables, which is always better and cheaper.
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Can't do that with the MC452 though.
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Isn't cross talk with a high end stereo amplifier just a myth?
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Just get the 601s...
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Main Equipment: Kharma Elegance dB11-S, JL Audio F113v2 X 2, Esoteric Grandioso C1X Solo preamp, Bricasti M21 DAC/PRE & M32 Mono Amplifiers, Antipodes Kala K-50 Server with 2 X 4TB internal SSD Power: Shunyata Everest 8000, Sigma XC v2, Sigma NR v2, Alpha NR v2 PCs, Defender, ADDPowr Wizard, 4 X 20 AMP lines Grounding: Shunyata Altaira CGS - 4 X Alpha CGS cables, Network : Supra Cat 8+, Twin (Nenon) Modified Buffalo GS2016 Switches with fiber in between powered with Keces P3 LPSU, Cables: Wireworld Platinum 8 USB, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse 8 Speaker cables, 6M & 1M Tubulus Concentus ICs, Other: GIK & Stillpoint Apertures, Stillpoint Minis and Ultra SS, Three dedicated 20 Amp lines w/Furutech GTX - Gold outlets, Adona 5 Shelf rack, Roon sometimes running self made convolution filters |
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I am pretty sure you can do it! Or use two sets of interconnect from the pre-amp to the MC452 or one set of interconnects to the MC452's than use the other set of interconnects from the "out" to the other channel on the 452. This might seem complicated but there are two ways to do it.
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If it was, than why would it be in the specs of all gear?!
Edit: Maybe not all, but there are many producers specifying it. Last edited by 4music; 08-22-2018 at 09:58 AM. |
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