TAD Reference One, Owner'S Manual

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Bi-Amplification Connections
Bi-Amplification allows the best performance from the TAD Reference One loudspeaker by using dedicated amplifiers for low- and
high-frequency sections. There are two possible configurations, commonly referred to as horizontal and vertical bi-amping.
WARNING:
Remove the shorting links before connecting speaker cables in bi-wiring connections. Failure to do so may result in damage
to your amplifiers.
Vertical Bi-Amping
With this configuration, identical stereo amplifiers are used for each loudspeaker. One channel of each amplifier drives the low frequency
section and the other channel drives the high frequency section, as shown in Figure 10. Connect one set of wires and amplifier channel to
the bottom set of binding posts (bass driver-specific network). Then connect a second set of wires and the other amplifier channel to the
top binding posts (CST-specific network). Take care to connect both (+) wires to the (+) amplifier terminals and both (–) wires to the (–)
amplifier terminals.
HF
LF
PEAKERS OUTPUT
INPUT
OUTPUT UT
INPUT
Ch.1 Ch.2
OUTPUT
Figure 10. Connecting a TAD Reference One
loudspeaker in a vertical bi-amplified system.
TAD Reference One
Pre-Amplifier
(rear)
(one channel shown)
Pre-Amplifier
(rear)
Terminal Panel
“Y” Adaptor
(Not supplied)