SIR,
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT
I'M CONFUSED ABOUT YOUR ADVICE STATED BELOW
"The other option is to feed a stereo signal to both amplifiers and connect both left channels to the left speaker and both right channels to the right speaker as TLS Guy instructed. That is more common."
I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE DESCRIBED HERE IS VERTICAL BIAMPING AND WHAT TLS GUY DESCRIBED IS HORIZONTAL BIAMPING.
PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ADVICE.
To me, Eppie's the same as TLSGuy's.., they just used different words to describe the same wiring methods.
Those buzz words such as vertical and horizontal, used often on forums are not needed, often create confusion. Basically, you know with two stereo amps, you have the options to a) use
one amp for the
tweeters of
both (that is, both left and right
) speakers and the
other amp for the
woofers of
both speakers, or b) use
one amps for one(e.g. left) speaker and the
other amp for the the
other (e.g. right
) speaker.
Eppie described option a), to call it horizontal, vertical, or 45 degrees lol.. are buzz words forum people and audiophiles preferred to use of, it served no purpose other than sometimes may even confuse people, as you obviously have found out already.
Here's a wiring diagram, for the probably more common method, without using those silly terms:
If you insist, calling this "horizontal", is probably appropriate, though again, there is no need to use such a term. Who cares what they are called, when what actually matters is whether you use one stereo amp with the same
one speaker/channel, or use
one channel of
both amps on the woofers of
both speakers, and the other channel of both amps, on the tweeters of both speakers.
A picture is worth a thousand words:
Bi-Wiring and Bi-Amping Explained | How To Improve Your Audio Setup | Audio Advice
And/or, as in the HD linked Steve's wonder article, if you must use the vertical/horizontal terms:
That shows what I call a) above, same as Eppie's, as what one might call it "Horizontal".
