Fluance Serious Performance, User Manual

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Serious Performance™
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Bi-Amp Connection
Bi-amping
Bi-amping involves the use of two separate amplifier channels per speaker,
one to connect to each pair of binding posts. Benefits include: transients
are less likely to cause amplifier overload (clipping) and/or speaker damage,
reduced distortion, and better matching of the power amplifier to speaker
drivers.
Here are the steps to connect speakers in the bi-amplification mode:
• Ensure that your system is powered OFF.
• Remove the bi-wire bridges from each speaker (this separates the low
pass filter & high pass filter crossovers).
• Connect each amplifier channel to its respective speaker section as
shown.
• Set the level controls on the amplifiers such that the signal will arrive at
all speaker terminals at the same power-volume level. If your amplifiers
are identical, it is usually sufficient to set all the amplifier level controls
the same. The speaker’s built-in crossovers are designed to match the
efficiency of all the individual drivers (tweeters, midranges, and woofers)
When using the bi-amplifier connection you must directly deal with
some of these issues by adjusting levels according to your listening
preference.
L
LEFT SPEAKER RIGHT SPEAKER
AMPLIFIER
HIGH
BRIDGES REMOVED
LOW
AMPLIFIER
R
L R