Biamp with cable split - best way?

Posted by Shawn Harvey [IP: 206.31.111.18] on August 09, 1999 at 17:16:51
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I've been passive bi-amping with two Linn amps and home-made cables -- one RCA on one end to two wires and two RCA's to the other ends.

If I wanted to upgrade cables I see two options:

1. Get a "Y" splitter.
2. Have the cable company make a pair of bi-wire interconnects.

Questions:

1. Are there any other options I'm missing?

2. Wouldn't a wire splitter be rather ridiculous to use with excellent interconnects unless the "Y" was excellent itself?

3. Since I'm running these out in parallel I'm guessing I'm halving the output impedance of the preamp. Could this cause problems?

4. Is there any way other than having the cable manufacturer make the cables to have very good passive bi-amping? I'm rather weary of putting out some serious cash for cables that can only be used for one thing. Perhaps I'll change my mind later and just buy a Pass X150 amp - I'm stuck with expensive cables that I cannot use.

6. Does anyone even make high-grade "Y" splitters?

Any help is appreciated.

Shawn Harvey

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