How much am I sending the speakers?

[Konstantin 10+ year member]

I got my system wired like this:



The xovers are biwired. I am not sure how clear the image is. I'd like to know how much am I sending the speakers having it wired like that? Just 50w or what?

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[kross 10+ year member]

You've bi-wired them, not bi-amped them. And not a good bi-wire, either. A true bi-wire has two sets of wires coming from a single output on the amp, not a single wire split at the crossover. Bi-amped uses two channels on the amp.

Now, how the crossover is wired, I'm a little shakey. I think if you set the jumpers in the crossover for bi-amp, then you'll basically have two 4-ohm loads, which you have wired in parallel, which means a 2-ohm load to the amp. So according to your diagram, it looks like 100w.

 

[Konstantin 10+ year member]

Oh right, I had my terms wrong. Its bi-wired, but thats how it is shown in the manual of the speakers...

 

[dirthog 10+ year member]

In the picture it looks like you have a 4 channel amp. if so bi-amp them use channel 1 and 2 to run the woofers and use 3 and 4 for the tweeters. make sure you take off the jumper on the crossover. it would be 50 x4. unless 3 and 4 are running another set of speakers.

 

[Konstantin 10+ year member]

Yeah, its a 4ch amp but I am only using 2 channels because I ditched the rear speakers to have just a frontstage.

I was thinking of selling this amp and getting a 2ch, better amp.

Would it made a huge difference if I bi-amped the crossovers using this amp (rf p4004) or got a new amp that could send more rms?

Edit: so right now each speaker is receiving 50w right?