Novice attempting to bi-amp. Help

G13 hit it on the head. I too would recommend horizontal bi-amping for this specific situation. Sean
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For what it is worth:

I actively bi-amp my speakers and set up the amps the way G13 said (horizontally), but I have two different amps. I have been told by many (including Dan D'Agostino of Krell fame) that if I had two of the same amp, I would be better off vertically bi-amping.
There reasons for this are two fold; one getting the separation advantage of monoblocks and since the bass will usually draw far more power than the highs, one amp is not responsible for delivering it all by itself.
I would be interested in why the preceeding threads recommend the horizontal configuration.

Richard

I aggree with Drrdiamond. When you horizontal biamp you will most likely bypass the speakers crossovers. Vertical biamping gives you the same benefits of horizontal biamping while keeping the speakers crossovers intact. Vertical biamping in my opinion is the prefered way to go.

Michael

I have had the best luck with horizontal bi-amping. I have heard that if you can bi-amp vertically, you should be better off, because then you are actually running monoblocks. Give a separate power supply to each channel. In my experience, while using the exact same amplifiers, I lost all separation. Hence the reason I stuck with the horizontal bi-amping. I say try them both and see which one you like best.

Go to the thread on the speaker forum -- Tube and solid state biamplification for additional info.