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<blockquote data-quote="Riley Casey" data-source="post: 217486" data-attributes="member: 125"><p>Bi-amping 101 -</p><p>First you need two amplifiers, this because the crossover you buy for this divides the sound before it arrives at the amplifiers and you need to have a high amp and a low amp. The crossover will live in the rack with the amplifiers. You'll need a fairly basic crossover, it could even be an old analog unit from the used market if you want to go cheap as you're not doing anything complicated, just crossing over about 80hz between subs and tops. Keep in mind as you plan out buying and setting all this up that the subs will be producing sounds between 40 and 80 hz, basically the lower octave on a bass guitar, the bottom of the kick drum, the bottom of a floor tom and the left end of keyboards. If you're trying to put those in the PA now but running out of steam this will be a big improvement. If on the other hand your PA is primarily to get the vocals out over the stage volume in small rooms the subs aren't going to be a big change.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Riley Casey, post: 217486, member: 125"] Bi-amping 101 - First you need two amplifiers, this because the crossover you buy for this divides the sound before it arrives at the amplifiers and you need to have a high amp and a low amp. The crossover will live in the rack with the amplifiers. You'll need a fairly basic crossover, it could even be an old analog unit from the used market if you want to go cheap as you're not doing anything complicated, just crossing over about 80hz between subs and tops. Keep in mind as you plan out buying and setting all this up that the subs will be producing sounds between 40 and 80 hz, basically the lower octave on a bass guitar, the bottom of the kick drum, the bottom of a floor tom and the left end of keyboards. If you're trying to put those in the PA now but running out of steam this will be a big improvement. If on the other hand your PA is primarily to get the vocals out over the stage volume in small rooms the subs aren't going to be a big change. [/QUOTE]
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