LS50 bi-amp Upgrade

jakeo25
jakeo25 Posts: 7
in Vintage Speakers
Hello, I am doing a bi-amp upgrade to my LS50 speakers, wondered if I should replace the existing crossover circuit. I was planning to drive the lower speaker as a woofer from the main amplifier, and drive the second 6.5" speaker (as a mid-range) with the tweeter with the second amplifier. Any thoughts on crossover frequencies for the LS50 cabinet?
Yamaha RX-V565
Polk LS50 modified with LS70 crossovers
Philips SBC-HP250
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,654
    For starters your speakers only have one set of binding posts. Proper bi-amping is a very deep hole, one that you don't want to go down.
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  • soundfreak1
    soundfreak1 Posts: 3,414
    edited January 2021
    What exterior xover do you have and what amps?
    Main Rig:
    Krell KAV 250a biamped to mid/highs
    Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
    Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
    MIT exp 1 ic's
    Perreaux SA33 class A preamp
    AQ kingcobra ic's
    OPPO 83 CDP
    Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
    Denon DP-1200 TT. AToc9ML MC cart.
    Monster HTS 3600 power conditioner
    ADS L1590/2 Biamped
    MIT exps2 speaker cable
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  • jakeo25
    jakeo25 Posts: 7
    I will update my profile. Thx for reminder
    Yamaha RX-V565
    Polk LS50 modified with LS70 crossovers
    Philips SBC-HP250
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  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,536
    edited January 2021
    So you swapped in crossovers from LS70's into your LS50's? Uhh, yeah, that's not the proper way to get bi-amp capabilities(Not to mention it's pointless on those speakers).

    What would really seal the deal on this experiment is to tell use you are going to bi-amp using a receiver.
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