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Bi-amping

Does bi-amping only benefit sound quality if your really driving your amp hard? I have a Mark Levinson 23.5 which is pushing my B&W 801 series 3. This amp is a beast and I never push it anywhere its max. I have an opportunity to purchase another 23.5 but don’t want to buy it just to buy it. If i’m not going to benefit in sonic performance, I wouldn’t want to do it. Any thoughts?
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czarivey
5,946 posts
 
bi-amping benefits sound quality if you're listening only at one volume setting and only on compressed and limited recordings.

other cases single amp is much better.
gdnrbob
4,457 posts
 
Monoblocks should have a definite improvement on sound reproduction.
Especially if you can put them as close to the speaker as possible.
Short speaker wires will improve sound considerably.
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edwyun
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To get the real benefit of bi-amping you need to add active crossovers and bypass the passive crossovers in your speakers.  Then you'll need some measurement tools to dial in the crossover frequency, slope, etc.  A lot of work but definitely worth the effort, on my Matrix 802/3s.
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