I'm confused (bi-wired / bi-amped)

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Retro Addict

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Hi everyone,

I am very pleased with my new addition, the Panasonic RX-CS780. The low frequency bass it pumps out is amazing, along the same lines as the JVC Kaboom, just not as punchy.

Now the thing is, it says on the speaker cabinets 'Bi-Wiring system'. On the main section it says '4-Speaker 4-Amplifier'. So is my box bi-wired or bi-amped? What about the model's relatives, the RX-CT980 and RX-DT680 for example? Are they bi-amped or bi-wired? I'm considering at this point that 'bi' means two, so my box would be 'quad-amped', if it was considered to be bi-amped, not bi-wired. I'm hoping I've not lost anyone!! :lol:

Let me quote this from a website, it confused me a bit. :yes:

Bi-wire vs Bi-amp

It has come to my attention that there are some manufactures of equipment that are alowing users to "Bi-wire" their speakers.

no where does it say what the difference between bi-wire and bi-amping is.

just to be a little clear.

the term bi-wire means nothing more than running two sets of wires to your speaker from a single amp.
there is no advantage to bi-wiring your drivers. it just wastes wire.
as the crossovers in the speaker enclousures still do the same job.

in Bi-amping (which is a completly different animal) you have an individual amp driving an individual driver or driver array.
there is an active crossover in the balanced/unbalanced side driving the amp which shelves the frequencies driving the amp.

so you would in essence have one amp that drives your high tweeters and one amp that drives your woofers.

same with tri or quad amping.
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In the quote, it said bi-AMPING has an individual amplifier driving an individual driver. My box has 4 amplifiers, but says it's bi-WIRED. :huh:

Can anyone help with this? :lol:
 
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teamstress

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It's both. It has separate amps for the woofers and tweeters. That's why it has four wire leads from the speakers. Two for the tweeters and two for the woofers.
 
tshorba

tshorba

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When you talk about bi/tri/quad amping it refers to a mono channel.

2 way speaker + 2 amps = bi amp

3way speaker + 3 amps = tri amp

4way speaker + 4 amps = quad amp

So your box is 2 way speakers with 2 amps per channel = bi amped.

viewtopic.php?f=42&t=7122&start=20
the brochure here states bi amp
 
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