A80 Gain?

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A80 Gain?

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Doc,
What is the gain for the A80 Mk2 amps...26db?

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Re: A80 Gain?

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Why do you want to know, and will you even understand the answer. Forget numbers and tell us what you want to do.

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Re: A80 Gain?

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Using them to bi-amp with another amp that has 26db gain.

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If it is not a NVA amplifier then you have no predictability in the outcome, and it has little to do with gain, they are just meaningless numbers that can be bullshitted any way you want. The only answer is suck it and see, but I would only recommend bi-amping with the same make of amplifier. Even more important is same speaker cable, any variance in both makes the results completely unpredictable.

I am going to do a write up on bi-amping as I have not been recommending it recently, where I used to even above an amp upgrade. Recent work has made me re-visit this.

I will do a separate thread later.

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