No, You Cannot Bi-Amp

Regardless,
It's not worth to rant especially the post that starts with

In my mind

Re Elizabeth's statement: Bombaywalla, I know that you have considerable technical expertise and relevant experience, but upon careful reading I don't see anything unreasonable or technically implausible about Elizabeth's statement. In its essence, at least, which as I read it is:

A few folks are able, with effort to make it work for themselves. In general it is a waste of time, if as much effort was made to have one amp work well. The worst side of it is all the folks who know nothing about it wanting to do it as if it is some easy magic panacea.

I have seen (and answered) more than a few posts here that would justify the last sentence of that statement. (In saying so, I am not implying that the OP in this thread is one of them).

Regards,
-- Al

Hi Al,
Like-wise, you yourself have a lot of technical expertise & your many answers to forum posts written in a congenial manner have been appreciated by me & many others as well.

Where I was coming from was:
* Elizabeth's post, to me, definitely seems like a rant (look at the way it starts off) & it seems to show that she has some grudge against this technique for reasons best known to her.
* she goes on to say that it's not "cool" to biamp but does not say why. In my mind that's where the technical implausibility comes in by omitting the technical reasons for not doing it. Thus, the forum only knows that it's not "cool" but is no better in knowing why not. Since this topic has been brought up by the OP why not discuss the merits & de-merits so that all visiting members can walk away educated. Aren't we in this audio forum to learn & share the knowledge? I don't think we are here to make blanket statements & walk away leaving everyone wondering...
Anyway, that was my angle FWIW. Best Regards.

Bi-amping provides more flexibility in circumstances where more flexibility is warranted. While that flexibility MIGHT provide improvements it can provide problems. The Nigels of the world read this forum and will take advantage of the fact that the electronic crossover goes to eleven - or twelve.

As I read it, Elizabeth was telling the OP not to get involved if he doesn't know what he's doing -- and, if he's asking here, he plainly does not.

I have owned and used actively bi-amped systems at least 3 times over the years. To me, they have held great potential that I never felt I fully realized. I even went so far this last time around to hire a professional sound man to come in and set it up for me. The results were very good -far better than what I was able to accomplish on my own, but in the end, I commissioned Bill Woods to design passive crossovers for my system. I'm much happier knowing the crossovers were custom designed for my cabinets and drivers and not having so many cables and components cluttering my life.

My experience supports the KISS principle. There is way too much fantasy out there about DIY and mods. Some of us have the skills to know what's an improvement and what's just a way to spend money kidding ourselves. Most don't.