Bi-amping B&W 703's

Thanks Rodman99999

I'll read through all the links and will go from there.

Still would like to find out what change there is when splitting the signal in two and what effect it could have on the preamp.

Guess since a lot of people do it it really can't be that harmful. Was wondering if I should contact Electrocompaniet and see what method they would recommend.

Either way, first I'll need cables and need the connectors to split the signal. Hope it'll make an actual change in the sound so I don't waste all the cash on stuff I otherwise don't need.

Still considering a bigger change in the system since the speakers sound too bright to me (guess I'm not alone in this with B&W 703's of what I read here.

Thanks again

The only difference you'll see with the pre-amp is, perhaps, the need to turn the gain up slightly. The output voltage for each channel will be split between the two channels of the respective power amp. Of course: each channel will have twice the power available as well. It couldn't hurt to contact Electrocompaniet. Try aiming the tweeters slightly outboard of your listening position(if they're not already). Is your room hard or soft acoutically?

OOPS- Make that: "acoustically"!

Well, the floor is carpet, the walls are the usual drywall stuff
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Furniture is wood and seating is mainly fabric covered.

The wall behind the speakers is actually windows all the way to the ceiling.

The main problem I've always had is that the speakers are somewhat bright sounding, though moving them to the room where they are now and not having a huge projection TV between them has made things better.

When I auditioned them they were driven by a new Classe amp (think it was the CA-2200) and the sound was nice and warm, but the source they used was a lot better then the mediocre Sony Cd player I've got right now.

Guess for now I'll keep playing around a bit before selling the amps and getting something different.

Not sure if tube gear would work well with these speakers but since there's no dealer around here where I could audition any I may just stick to Classe or something that supposedly works well with my speakers.

The other option would still be to get other speakers, but where to start. There's a dealer here in town that has PMC speakers which I've auditioned on Rega components and it was way better for my liking then what I have now. Unfortunately the PMC's cost about twice as much as my speakers and are out of the question right now.

Ok, for now I'll read all the bi-amping stuff and then see which route I'll go.

Thanks guys

Is that an SADC Sony? A lot of people have had them modded to tame a strident top-end. I'm not certain about the other Sony CDP's, but I would upgrade that(or audition something better) before making any other changes. Any kind of curtains between you and those windows? What are you using in the way of interconnects?