Connecting a triamp speaker with one spkon?

[fldrummer]

If I have the signal going through a 3 way crossover then to 3 amp channels. It's a triamp speaker with one sprkon in connection. How do I send each channel to each driver?? One cable sends all three channels? How?

 

[geet73]

A crossover is something that "picks apart" the frequencies.. it's only sending certain frequencies to each speaker.

 

[fldrummer]

I know thats what it does. I split it 3 ways into 3 diffrent amp channels. How do I get them all into a tri-amped speaker with only one spkon input?

 

[geet73]

Oh.. umm.. errm.


Is it a powered speaker? Or passive?

 

[starch]

Typically, if your speaker has only one input, and is tri-amped, the the crossover is in the cabinet. (Or 2 crossovers in your case) So, for instance, you would use the external crossover to split the sub freq's from the mid/high, send the subs to dedicated subwoofer and the mid/high to the speaker cab via your speakon connection. The mid/highs would then be broken down in the cabinet to their respective speaker.

What speakers are you using? That would give us a better idea of what you have.

 

[fldrummer]

I am looking at eaw tri amped speakers. I just noticed it uses a AP6 connector. It has a pos/neg for each channel on it. So I'm guessing I plug the seperate channels into the the cable then it goes nto the speaker. EAW KF850EF http://www.eaw.com/products/item_new.phtml?part_number=0999100

 

[bgavin]

I bi-amp with Speakons for my electric bass rig. The concept is the same for tri-amping.

Use the Speakon NL8FC connector system. and the appropriate wire. This supports four-pair of wires.

Pair #1 - Lows
Pair #2 - Mids
Pair #3 - Highs
Pair #4 - not used

Inside the cabinet, wire the pairs to the correct drivers. Be sure to verify polarity.

I parallel two Speakon jacks in a dish on my cabinets. This allows me to daisy chain the signal to another cab. The cabinet wiring provides the intelligence for which signal goes where. This lets you use standard Speakon cables.

 

[regebro]

Typically, if your speaker has only one input, and is tri-amped, the the crossover is in the cabinet. (Or 2 crossovers in your case) [...]The mid/highs would then be broken down in the cabinet to their respective speaker.

Which completely invalidates the point of having three separate amps.

No, each separate outpuit MUST be sent directory to the correct speaker without passing GO! and collecting $200.

So, 4-pole connectors mentioned is a good idea. If your speaker doesn't have them, do some surgery so that they do.