id.ray
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Greetings ASR Family,
I’m new to posting here and have a couple of technical questions that I think I will be able to get straight forward answers from.
I recently came across my “Endgame” speakers at a price I couldn’t say no to, the Kef Reference 5, side note they are amazing.
I’m also a sucker for vintage Yamaha power amps. That’s all I have really known other then AVRS. Maybe it’s the bouncing red lights. The simple geometry, but probably mostly budget constraints. As I picked it up for a Hundred bucks….
I have everything hooked up and it sounds awesome to me. I stream Tidal connect to a Bluesound node 2i, SE out to the Yamaha C-60 pre amp, from there SE out to matching Yamaha M-60 Power amp. And from there using modest speaker wire to the Reference 5. All is good and I really couldn’t ask for more.
As a audio junkie on a budget…. Scrounging fb market etc., I came across another Yamaha M-60 power amp for you guessed it, a hundred bucks and picked it up. Seems to work great and preformed the basic maintenance checks from the service manual. Setting the pots to 10mv at idol.
Now comes the real question…. And maybe I’m nuts “this is where you guys come in”
I would like to hook up both Stereo “non bridgeable” power amps, one to each speaker.
My thought was From Each channel of the pre amp, Y-split to both cannels of the power amp. Remove the link of the KEFS and run “left channel” to the highs and “right channel” to the lows and do the same for the other speaker, effectively Bi-amping.
Is this a great idea, a bad idea, a pointless idea and why,
I have attached the specs of the power amp, the pre amp and the impedance curve of the ref 5.
Thank you all so much for any input.
I’m new to posting here and have a couple of technical questions that I think I will be able to get straight forward answers from.
I recently came across my “Endgame” speakers at a price I couldn’t say no to, the Kef Reference 5, side note they are amazing.
I’m also a sucker for vintage Yamaha power amps. That’s all I have really known other then AVRS. Maybe it’s the bouncing red lights. The simple geometry, but probably mostly budget constraints. As I picked it up for a Hundred bucks….
I have everything hooked up and it sounds awesome to me. I stream Tidal connect to a Bluesound node 2i, SE out to the Yamaha C-60 pre amp, from there SE out to matching Yamaha M-60 Power amp. And from there using modest speaker wire to the Reference 5. All is good and I really couldn’t ask for more.
As a audio junkie on a budget…. Scrounging fb market etc., I came across another Yamaha M-60 power amp for you guessed it, a hundred bucks and picked it up. Seems to work great and preformed the basic maintenance checks from the service manual. Setting the pots to 10mv at idol.
Now comes the real question…. And maybe I’m nuts “this is where you guys come in”
I would like to hook up both Stereo “non bridgeable” power amps, one to each speaker.
My thought was From Each channel of the pre amp, Y-split to both cannels of the power amp. Remove the link of the KEFS and run “left channel” to the highs and “right channel” to the lows and do the same for the other speaker, effectively Bi-amping.
Is this a great idea, a bad idea, a pointless idea and why,
I have attached the specs of the power amp, the pre amp and the impedance curve of the ref 5.
Thank you all so much for any input.