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Old May 11, 2007 | 11:22 PM
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what's better, easier, and cheaper to do (and easier to find for cheaper price)...finding a 4 channel amp to power my 2 front door speakers + 2 front tweeters (boston acoustics pro60's) or to have 2 2 channel amps...1 2 channel amp power one side (one door + one tweeter), and 1 2 channel amp to power the other 2?
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Old May 11, 2007 | 11:58 PM
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Why go thru all the hassal of runnin power/ground and remote to two amps when u can get 1 4 channel to do it all and save space?
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Old May 12, 2007 | 12:57 AM
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4 channels are getting cheap enough there's no reason to run 2 amps--

I got my MTX 4200x in mint condition with orig. box, birthsheeted at about 70x4 and 118db s/n ratio .5% THD at rated power-- $75 on ebay-- Very clean, underrated, and somehow very cheap--
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Old May 12, 2007 | 02:41 AM
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why are you trying to bi-amp?

if you have a component set up, just wire them to the crossover and run speaker wire accordingly. then you can have the other two channels to run rear speakers if you so wish.
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Old May 12, 2007 | 08:44 AM
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Why go thru all the hassal of runnin power/ground and remote to two amps when u can get 1 4 channel to do it all and save space?
i read a forum where someone did it and i wanted to know if it was better or not

4 channels are getting cheap enough there's no reason to run 2 amps--

I got my MTX 4200x in mint condition with orig. box, birthsheeted at about 70x4 and 118db s/n ratio .5% THD at rated power-- $75 on ebay-- Very clean, underrated, and somehow very cheap--
how many watts RMS does it do? good enough for boston acoustics pro60's?

why are you trying to bi-amp?

if you have a component set up, just wire them to the crossover and run speaker wire accordingly. then you can have the other two channels to run rear speakers if you so wish.
could someone explain the crossover thing?
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Old May 12, 2007 | 10:44 AM
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I believe the Boston Pro's are Biamp capable--

I would do it too-- the more clean power you give a high end comp set the better they'll perform-- just be sure to set the amps high pass crossover properly to avoid damaging your 6.5's --

The 4200x is more than enough to run that comp set if biamped or not--

They birthsheet at about 70x4 rms-- very clean power-- very quiet amps -- noise free--

I used it to run a 3way custom selected set up front with no rear fill-- all I can say is that it would get ear bleeding loud well before it would show any signs of distortion from the components--

In short the amp performs very well, whether you want to run your components on 2 channels or 4 channels- I would do biamping though with that high end of a comp. set as you'll actually reap benefits from the added power--
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