Bi-Amping (sort of) Di-Pole Speakers. Please Advise
Dear audiophiles and field experts,
I have a pair of Eosone RSF 600 Di-Pole 3way speakers. The company does not exist anymore and there's very little information on them online, but I believe Eosone was aquired by Polk at some point in time.
The speakers have two woofers, one midrange, and one twitter in the front, and one midrange and one twitter in the rear in a dipolar configuration. There are two sets of terminals in the rear of the speakers, connected by gold jumper bars. By removing the jumper bars and connecting the wire to one set of terminals and then the other I discovered that the front and rear drivers are wired separately, so it's kind of like having two speakers in one. The proper way to wire them is with a single wire going to the top pair of terminals. Since they're connected with jumper bars, this powers both the front and the rear of the speaker.
I'm considering removing the jumper bars from the speakers, thus separating the front and rear drivers, and wiring them as two pairs of separate speakers by connecting the front drivers as the main front speakers and the rear as if they were separate "front wide" speakers.
So her's my question. Will this provide any enhancement to the sound, or is this a bad idea that will damage the speakers or the amp or both?
Please advise.
Thank you.
I have a pair of Eosone RSF 600 Di-Pole 3way speakers. The company does not exist anymore and there's very little information on them online, but I believe Eosone was aquired by Polk at some point in time.
The speakers have two woofers, one midrange, and one twitter in the front, and one midrange and one twitter in the rear in a dipolar configuration. There are two sets of terminals in the rear of the speakers, connected by gold jumper bars. By removing the jumper bars and connecting the wire to one set of terminals and then the other I discovered that the front and rear drivers are wired separately, so it's kind of like having two speakers in one. The proper way to wire them is with a single wire going to the top pair of terminals. Since they're connected with jumper bars, this powers both the front and the rear of the speaker.
I'm considering removing the jumper bars from the speakers, thus separating the front and rear drivers, and wiring them as two pairs of separate speakers by connecting the front drivers as the main front speakers and the rear as if they were separate "front wide" speakers.
So her's my question. Will this provide any enhancement to the sound, or is this a bad idea that will damage the speakers or the amp or both?
Please advise.
Thank you.
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P.S. My receiver, Onkyo TX-NR808, has a mode called "all channel stereo", in which it plays dual channel stereo music though all connected speakers. Since my Eosone dipolar towers would be wired as two pairs of separate speakers, wouldn't this double the power (260 watts to each tower)?
Am I creative or retarded? Don't hold back. -
did you try this and to what benefit did you receive out of bi-amping these speakers?Pioneer SA-9500
Pioneer TX-8500II
Sony CDP-C701ES
Eosone RSF600
Delphi Sirus/XM
Pioneer PL-514 TT -
Your Onkyo TX-NR808 should have a specific setting for bi-amping -- don't use "all channel stereo". Check the manual.
You should be just fine setting things up this way, once you wire and configure your 808 propperly for bi-amping.
