Bi-Amping White-Noise
zingo
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I am bi-amping my pair of RT800 from my Harmon/Kardon amplifier. I use the setup for listening to music in stereo and it sounds awesome! The only issue is that the tweeter gives off some white-noise, but the 6.5" drivers don't. Is this just something tweeters do, or is it something with the wiring, or what. Let me know if you guys have heard something like this before.
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It's pretty commom for an amp or receiver to make a little hiss from the tweeter. Usually, you can't hear it once your ears are more than a couple feet from the tweeter.
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Any hiss from the tweeter should be VERY faint (barely audible from more than a foot away or so...
If you're hearing it from your listening position, you may have an issue.
Do you still have the hiss when not bi-wiring the speakers, using a single run to each speaker? -
The white-noise is definitly not audible from the listening possition. I have to have my ear real close to the tweeter to hear it. I didn't think anything was wrong, but I'm glad I asked. Thanks Ya'll!
