6.5 speakers 2 questions

a32nissan · Post by **a32nissan** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:31 pm

Ok so i have a pair of a/d/s 346cs' and , i love them. they are paired to a ppi amp feeding 125 rms to each speaker. so my question is

1. if i BI-Amp them will it get louder as well as clearer.?

:help:

second question is. i know people are not very agreeing with dei, and they're audio stuff.

i was wondering is there a speaker out there louder and clearer?. maybe IDMAX's
Rainbows
ARC

and is it worth the money. or just keep my a/d/s'

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:06 pm

A/D/S is still pretty good equipment.

Also what amp are you running?

Bi-Amp? Exactly how is that done?

Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:45 pm

I'm guessing the speaker has 2 inputs? 1 for the tweeter and 1 for the mid?

So you can run the tweeter off of one amp, and the mid off another?
Is that what you mean?

smoker · Post by **smoker** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:03 pm

i would only biamp if you are going active.....otherwise there are probably things like crossover slope and overlap of frequencies and attenutation and what not that some brainy guy designed into the crossover network.

solacedagony · Post by **solacedagony** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:16 pm

If your passive crossover supports bi-amping, then sure. You can even apply time alignment then. It's probably not worth doing unless you've got more power and/or the time alignment to throw at it, though.
I have an Orion 2500d and that's DEI. I'm happy with it, FWIW.

a32nissan · Post by **a32nissan** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:24 pm

yes i meant active set. mid then tweet.

i was wondering if it gets louder when going active.

amp currently is PPI 1000.4

most likely by then xetec P4 evo

solacedagony · Post by **solacedagony** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:44 am

No, going active is just another method of crossing over your speakers. Just allows for more processing.

a32nissan · Post by **a32nissan** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:20 am

o, ok Thanks

i just figured since the mid was getting it's own power source that it would be louder

solacedagony · Post by **solacedagony** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 12:33 pm

Your passive crossover splits up the total power you send to it between the drivers that are hooked up to it. So if you're not changing the total power, you're not sending anymore to either driver.
Besides, if you're looking to make your stuff louder, power is usually never the way to do it. Unless you're Bill Wolf.

On a front stage though, definitely not. More power can help in terms of distortion because you're overtaxing the power supply or other amp components at high levels from transients.

ZeroAccess · Post by **ZeroAccess** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:06 pm

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Ok for those that are confused as much as I am, I'll translate...

The cow goes MOO....

....hope that helps