JemCollector
Established Member
Hi everyone,
First post so please go easy on me! Recently I brought my hifi stuff out from a ten year hibernation, put there as I was working abroad. I’ve got a Marantz PM6010se, a CD6000ose, a Systemdek e900II TT and Kef Concerto 2’s (which seem to be very rare nowadays from what I’ve seen). Anyway, I put it all back together and it sounded great, until...
...I found a fantastic offer online for some Kef R700’s which was too good to miss. It’s gone from there; I’ve now got a Roksan K3 amp, matching CD player, DAC and power amp, feeding the speakers with QED Genesis cable. Even shopping around it’s cost a pretty penny, but as I’m disabled with an incurable terminal illness, I figured why not? I’ve always enjoyed music, and it’s a hobby I can stick with as all of my other hobbies are not possible any more.
I digress (sorry!) - I’ve been reading a lot about bi-amping, and set it up last night for horizontal BA. It sounded slightly better than with single wire, but the amp got unusually warm. The int.amp was powering the mics and tweeters, the power amp on the woofers. I swapped it over to a vertical configuration, and it sounded noticeably better, much more powerful and the amp didn’t get anywhere near as warm, which I was happy with. I must confess that I still don’t understand how it works - the Left and Right from one amp feeding one speaker’s drivers as opposed to separate speakers), and unless I’m doing something wrong I’ll stick with it.
I’ve recently purchased a CA 851N which I’m awaiting delivery of. I’m really impressed with the K3 DAC and what a difference it makes but I’ve read that the DAC in the 851N is even better. If that’s the case I’ll use that and sell the K3 DAC.
Would someone mind explaining to me how vertical bi-amping works please? I’m sorry if it’s a question that’s been asked a million times before.
Thanks for taking the time to read my meanderings!
First post so please go easy on me! Recently I brought my hifi stuff out from a ten year hibernation, put there as I was working abroad. I’ve got a Marantz PM6010se, a CD6000ose, a Systemdek e900II TT and Kef Concerto 2’s (which seem to be very rare nowadays from what I’ve seen). Anyway, I put it all back together and it sounded great, until...
...I found a fantastic offer online for some Kef R700’s which was too good to miss. It’s gone from there; I’ve now got a Roksan K3 amp, matching CD player, DAC and power amp, feeding the speakers with QED Genesis cable. Even shopping around it’s cost a pretty penny, but as I’m disabled with an incurable terminal illness, I figured why not? I’ve always enjoyed music, and it’s a hobby I can stick with as all of my other hobbies are not possible any more.
I digress (sorry!) - I’ve been reading a lot about bi-amping, and set it up last night for horizontal BA. It sounded slightly better than with single wire, but the amp got unusually warm. The int.amp was powering the mics and tweeters, the power amp on the woofers. I swapped it over to a vertical configuration, and it sounded noticeably better, much more powerful and the amp didn’t get anywhere near as warm, which I was happy with. I must confess that I still don’t understand how it works - the Left and Right from one amp feeding one speaker’s drivers as opposed to separate speakers), and unless I’m doing something wrong I’ll stick with it.
I’ve recently purchased a CA 851N which I’m awaiting delivery of. I’m really impressed with the K3 DAC and what a difference it makes but I’ve read that the DAC in the 851N is even better. If that’s the case I’ll use that and sell the K3 DAC.
Would someone mind explaining to me how vertical bi-amping works please? I’m sorry if it’s a question that’s been asked a million times before.
Thanks for taking the time to read my meanderings!