[quote title=Motown wrote on Fri, 23 April 2004 12:51]So just to make sure we can run a X over into a passive cab no prob right? So what you are saying is that it really isn't worth it to convert that cab to a Bi amped beast, would the sound be any improved?
I read your post the following way, and I apologize if I'm getting it wrong. Seems to me that you want to feed your power amp's output into your active crossover INPUT, and then take the active crossover's outputs and run them to the cabinet.
I realize that the questions I'm about to ask are somewhat ridiculous, but I think they need to be asked:
Do you realize that you CANNOT simply run the active crossover output into the biamped cabinet's input?
You do realize that to power your biamped cabinets, you need TWO power amps, one for each driver in the cabinet? You also need a third power amp for your subs.
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Why would it be better to run seperate cables from the amp rack to the speakers?
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Well, a practical reason is that if the cable from the amplifier output to the first cabinet in the daisy chain were to fail, then ALL of the cabinets turn off. If you have a separate home run for each cabinet, then losing one of these home runs doesn't kill every speaker on the chain.
In reality, however, the daisy chain is just fine -- you don't need as much cable, and how often does a speaker cable get disconnected, anyways? Consider also the case where somebody runs over the speaker cable with a truck, or something -- it's likely that all wires bundled together will be damaged, or perhaps one wire will get cut, and cause a short, which causes the amp to shut down, so you STILL lose all cabinets on that amp channel.
There may be some tweaky answers having to do with amplifier damping factor and other esoterica, but suffice it to say the daisy chain works fine, as long as you don't exceed the amp's maximum loading.
--a