[Scolopendra]

I’ve been thinking about how my theoretical dream system would work, and there are a few things that’s still confuse me. I would want to bi-amp and power stereo subwoofers, but preamps only have one XLR output pair, whereas I would need three.

I’ve found splitter boxes that look like this
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...cnWtB9eAOl7IeXrjlyM9XhrkVA3PRP-xoCXb4QAvD_BwE

Most seem to be made for microphones and I am afraid they will reduce signal quality.

What should I use in this case ideally? I would need three identical XLR outputs per channel without suffering any loss in quality.

 

[Nick 214]

What preamp are you using? There is a possibility of daisy chaining... And if you're using an active crossover, that will negate the problem.

 

[Scolopendra]

This is all theoretical. I’m not using any particular preamp, as no final decisions have been made.

I just took a look at crossovers, and that may be what I need. I could run highs and mids to each speaker amp and lows to the subs, from what I could tell.

Still, I’m trying to keep the system as clean, classic, and analog as possible. I just need a way to power multiple amps from a standard 2 output preamp without any phase shifting or distortion.

 

[Nick 214]

Splitters and I/O distribution should be easy enough... I think an active Xover is what you really need.