[bobgenie]

Hi,

I'm going to use a 4B SST to drive my IB1S main speakers.  I was going to use a 300 SST to drive my CB6 centre but have an option on an older 5B ST which is a fair saving.  If I bridged the 5B do you think this will provide a good match with the 4B?  Or should I just bite the bullet and get the 300?

And thanks for your advice over on AVF Jethro - here I am 

Many thanks,

Bob

[brucek]

I use a 5BST for my center channel bridged to produce 467watts. The remaining 155watt channel provides power for my 6.1 back speaker. My mains are driven from a 4BST.

Sounds good to me.

brucek

[bobgenie]

I am definitely erring on the side of the 5B ST due mainly to cost.  I have a second query which I need to sort out  I will be using a Meridian 568.2 processor and am going to use balanced interconnects.  I have some fairly good (home made  ) speaker cable and was going to get some fairly high quality interconnects around the 1 metre mark and have the speaker cable at 6 metres.  I've never used balanced before so would it be better to get a lesser quality 5/6 metre interconnect and use shorter speaker cable? 

[bobgenie]

I use a 5BST for my center channel bridged to produce 467watts. The remaining 155watt channel provides power for my 6.1 back speaker. My mains are driven from a 4BST.

Sounds good to me.

brucek

Yes though I wouldn't be using the third channel I think it makes sense and saves me some money    Then could always get my money back if/when I upgrade to a 6B SST which I wouldn't do if I bought the 300 SST new.

Cheers,

Bob

[brucek]

have the speaker cable at 6 metres.  I've never used balanced before so would it be better to get a lesser quality 5/6 metre interconnect and use shorter speaker cable?

It's always smart to use the shortest speaker cable possible. I would go with the longer balanced interconnect. I use Brystons interconnects. They're well made and a reasonable price.

brucek