Config for IRS Betas with two Mc-Amps?

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[crwilli]

Originally Posted by Fixxxer

I asked Mcintosh that question a month ago regarding my RS1b
Here is the reply from Ron.
I think that also goes for the Betas.

Hi John,

See P 5 of the RS1b manual. It says that the crossover will not work correctly with bridged amplifiers. The MC402, as well as all Quad Balanced amplifiers have both speaker output terminals above and balanced to ground, like a bridged pair of channels. Therefore, the MC402 cannot be configured to work properly (or at all) with this crossover.

Regards,

Ron Evans
V P Engineering
McIntosh Laboratory, Inc.
Wadia Digital LLC

John, coming back to your post, I am not sure about this response. I am not looking to use any bridged amplifiers. Likely will use the MC352 on the lower panels and the MC452 on the upper panels. My question was really about that or whether I should reverse that configuration. Separately, I have been using the Betas without the supplied Servo \ Eq, replacing the crossover functionality with that in the MEN220. The RS1b's are a different beast all together. Craig