Monitor 70 Bi-amp questions

maintrain

I'm thinking of bi-amping my monitor 70's and have questions concering impedance . When bi-amping, does the impedance change? The manual says 8 ohms but is it still 8 ohms per connection? (high and low). I'm looking at various amplifiers and want to make sure I get one that will give suitable power.

maintrain

anyone?

vc69

Give Polk support a call for the definitive answer. I believe you will still see a nominal 8ohm load.

tonyb

Personally,it's not worth bi-amping the 70's. Use the coin to upgrade your speaks or source gear.

larrykwiat

i am thinking of bi-amping my monitor 70's. all it costs is a little more speaker wire and some settings on my stg-hd800 sony receiver(since i dont have any rear speakers... the bi-amp runs on the rear ouputs on the receiver).
why wouldnt it be a good idea.... thanks in advance

louhamilton

larrykwiat wrote: »

i am thinking of bi-amping my monitor 70's. all it costs is a little more speaker wire and some settings on my stg-hd800 sony receiver(since i dont have any rear speakers... the bi-amp runs on the rear ouputs on the receiver).
why wouldnt it be a good idea.... thanks in advance

The amplifier in your receiver is not that great. If you are truly interested in bi-amping, you will want to invest in external amplifiers. External amplifiers will usually provide a cleaner sound. This means that you can turn the volume up louder without clipping. Additionally, you will usually get a better dynamic range from the speakers.

I don't think I would waste the time, energy, and money on the bi-amping at this stage. Unless, of course, you already have the extra speaker wire and what to try it out. You may or may not hear a difference.

cnh

In most cases bi-amping from the same AVR doesn't really do anything, does not increase the power you get....you must have two different amps to really double your power. That said the amps should match....so you'd be better off just getting a BETTER more powerful AMP and forget about it.

Give those M70s 200 or more clean watts of power/channel and watch them 'sing'!

cnh

louhamilton

cnh wrote: »

In most cases bi-amping from the same AVR doesn't really do anything, does not increase the power you get....you must have two different amps to really double your power. That said the amps should match....so you'd be better off just getting a BETTER more powerful AMP and forget about it.

Give those M70s 200 or more clean watts of power/channel and watch them 'sing'!

cnh

Slightly off-topic, but do you think a good 2-channel amp per speaker for bi-amping is not a good idea?

I'm being serious, because I thought a good 2-channel amp would be better. But obviously, not as good as two monoblocks per speaker.

cnh

I'd say try it and see what your ears tell you...I haven't noticed much of a difference in Bi-wiring from the same two channel amp.

Now if you have let's say...two Adcom GFA-545 and you wire the tweeter/mid-woofer combo on each speaker with one of the amps and the bottom bass drivers of both speakers with the other amp for each side..yeah that may provide a hearable difference and more power than driving both speaker with only one Adcom GFA-545 amp.....the Adcom is merely used as an example here since I think it's only 120w/channel but by using two you'd be giving both ends 120watts...additively.

cnh