Am I wasting money on the theory of Bi-amping?


As a long time audiophile I'm finally able to bi-amp my setup. I'm using two identical amps in a vertical bi-amp configuration. 
 

Now me not fully understanding all of the ins/outs of internal speaker crossovers and what not. I've read quite a few people tell me that bi-amping like I'm doing whether it's vertical or horizontal bi-amping is a waste since there's really not a improvement because of how speaker manufacturers design the internal crossovers. 
 

Can anyone explain to a third grader how it's beneficial or if the naysayers are correct in the statement?

ibisghost

I have learned that Wilson and others who do not offer biampable speakers it's because they don't trust the world to do it properly. So they don't want you to screw up their speakers.

I am a big proponent of doing tube anp mono to the upper range drivers and solid state to the bass for each side.  
 

wilson of all companies should be allowing this capability. You can get it if you order it special.  Many upscale restaurants charge extra if you want your sandwich cut into four pieces. Kind of like Biamping a meal. 

Biamping is for wimps, real men triamp!

I Triamped my Boston a400 and they sounded like different speakers .

highs  very detailed , more solid bass. I used an active crossover .My energy Veritas 2.8 are passively triamped, the manual even says not use external active crossover because the 2.8’s have a complex impedance smoothing cross over.

With passive triamping, it only delivers more power to the speakers, you don’t get the benefits of an active crossover.

Like I said, some speakers do great with it. I might get some new cards for active xover and triamp my GNP Valkeryies .

I think speakers with simple crossovers have more promise triamped than ones

with complex crossovers.

”Ask yourself why almost nobody, including people who could easily afford it and wouldn't mind the extra hassle, ever bi-amps home audio systems. Almost nobody”

No speakers offer inputs for active biamping because it’s incredibly easy to accidentally hook up the woofer to the tweeter input and destroy a tweeter!

 

Only a waste if you ultimately don't like it, or don't really notice a major improvement....which can lead to equipment swaps on the mobius loop of that scenario....

One can find self micro-tweaking settings from selection to selection;

Madness lurks there....:(

+1 @asvjerry 

When I first went to an active x-over and tri-amping the x-over had adjustable x-over points as well as levels for the three (stereo sets) of speakers.

I  defy anyone from just setting it and forgetting about it.  Want DSTM to sound like it does live?  Bump that bass way up, and yes its not what the mastering engineers were shooting for, but what the hell do they know.

Favorite track has bloated bass turn that stuff way down.  Got to the point where I was taking notes on individual tracks as to volume on x-over and overall on pre-amp.  Madness is the right word for it.

Past that now.  Thankfully.

Regards,

barts