Rob5ft19in
Established Member
Hi Guys,
So, I've finally found and purchased my holy-grail power-amp - a Sony TA-N80ES.
Current stereo speakers are Kef iQ3's - currently they're bi-amped by a pair of Sony TA-N55ES power amps, both of which are running in stereo (crudely using a phono-splitter to give the left out from my pre stereo input into my left power amp, and the same for the right channel). So I'm using one channel from each 55 for HF and the other for LF.
SO... I'm faced with a number of options when it comes to putting the new monster into the system:
1) Simply drop to a single set of speaker cables per channel and re-install the LF/HF jumpers
2) Bi-wire the speakers, thus running both HF & LF cables into single terminals on the N80 ('A' output)
3) Use the N80's 'A' speaker outputs to run HF L&R and the 'B' outputs for LF L&R.
The iQ3's are 8ohm speakers.
Here's a little snippet from the back of the amp:
Apologies for the rambling thread - I've driven 10 hours today to collect it!!
Cheers,
Rob
So, I've finally found and purchased my holy-grail power-amp - a Sony TA-N80ES.
Current stereo speakers are Kef iQ3's - currently they're bi-amped by a pair of Sony TA-N55ES power amps, both of which are running in stereo (crudely using a phono-splitter to give the left out from my pre stereo input into my left power amp, and the same for the right channel). So I'm using one channel from each 55 for HF and the other for LF.
SO... I'm faced with a number of options when it comes to putting the new monster into the system:
1) Simply drop to a single set of speaker cables per channel and re-install the LF/HF jumpers
2) Bi-wire the speakers, thus running both HF & LF cables into single terminals on the N80 ('A' output)
3) Use the N80's 'A' speaker outputs to run HF L&R and the 'B' outputs for LF L&R.
The iQ3's are 8ohm speakers.
Here's a little snippet from the back of the amp:
Apologies for the rambling thread - I've driven 10 hours today to collect it!!
Cheers,
Rob