daisy chaining amps...

[timm]

I currently own a sunfire sig 5 channel amp and bi-amp my odysseys by going from my sunfire tgIII into the sunfire sig grand - and then out from the sig grand amp into the input of one of my rear channels.....which drives the woofers

If I decided to power my panels with tubes - could I just daisy chain from the sunfire amp to the tube amp the same way I am doing it within the sunfire amp?

Secondly, if I was driving the panels with the tube amp - does that make it easier on the tube amp - or is everything the same given that it still has to drive the more unstable stat?

Kind of a goofy question - but I'm just looking at my options...thx tim.

 

[JonFo]

I currently own a sunfire sig 5 channel amp and bi-amp my odysseys by going from my sunfire tgIII into the sunfire sig grand - and then out from the sig grand amp into the input of one of my rear channels.....which drives the woofers

If I decided to power my panels with tubes - could I just daisy chain from the sunfire amp to the tube amp the same way I am doing it within the sunfire amp?

Secondly, if I was driving the panels with the tube amp - does that make it easier on the tube amp - or is everything the same given that it still has to drive the more unstable stat?

Kind of a goofy question - but I'm just looking at my options...thx tim.

Yes, you could daisy-chain the signal feed from the Sunfire to the Tube amp. The Sunfire’s dual connectors are basically the same as using a Y-cable.

One thing to think about is the impedance of the two amps as they are coupled to the preamp. Tube amps sometimes have non-standard (as compared to SS) input impedances.

Bi-amping always makes the load on any amp easier. But the panel is the harder of the two elements to drive, so the tube amp still has its work cut out for it. Using too low a power rating will just result in lack of SPL and additional harmonic distortion.

IMHO, it might not be an improvement over what you currently have. It will sound different, but better? Guess that’s subjective