Bi-amp or bridged mono's for dual adcom gfa555

rdb2001
rdb2001 Posts: 791
edited July 2010 in 2 Channel Audio
Guys,

I just secured my 2nd gfa555 from kevhead today. I was wondering would it be best to biamp my kefs using them or to use them as monoblocks. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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  • woodguru
    woodguru Posts: 76
    edited July 2010
    Chances are they will sound better balanced tonally using them as monoblocks, bass eats up way more power than the mid/treble does so one amp is working harder than the other.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited July 2010
    Try it both ways and see which you prefer.I owned a couple of 555's and tried it for me the "bridged" mode was just nasty,but YMMV--good luck.
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • rdb2001
    rdb2001 Posts: 791
    edited July 2010
    george daniel wrote: »
    Try it both ways and see which you prefer.I owned a couple of 555's and tried it for me the "bridged" mode was just nasty,but YMMV--good luck.

    I am guessing that is a bad nasty and not a good nasty?
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  • thuffman03
    thuffman03 Posts: 1,325
    edited July 2010
    george daniel wrote: »
    Try it both ways and see which you prefer.

    I 2nd what George Daniel says.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited July 2010
    rdb2001 wrote: »
    I am guessing that is a bad nasty and not a good nasty?

    yep,, bad nasty--not nice at all--you ain't heard bright until you bridge em'',I shudder just thinking about it.But,,ymmv--good luck let us know how it turns out.
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • Music Joe
    Music Joe Posts: 459
    edited July 2010
    Adding to what George says, the image went from 3D to 2D.
    "The Web is a monoblog"
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  • lakesailor
    lakesailor Posts: 319
    edited July 2010
    george daniel wrote: »
    Try it both ways and see which you prefer.I owned a couple of 555's and tried it for me the "bridged" mode was just nasty,but YMMV--good luck.


    I had the exact same result when I had twin 555's as well. For me bi-amped worked better then running them in bridged mode. Also it is a good idea to have them serviced and have the bias checked. One easy way to tell is if your amps have been running for several hours at decent volume try feeling the cooling fins on the rear….they should be relatively the same temperature….if one side is much hotter then the other then chances are you have a bias issue that needs some attention. You can also check with a multi-meter as well….
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