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bi-am vs better monoblock?

I have old school Infinity Kappa 8.1 vII's which are very powerhungry speakers. I have a adcom gfa-5500 that use to power these speakers & they were never enough for my liking. My fiance just moved in so I used her parasound hca-1500's on my kappa's & since she had enough I bi-amped the speakers. Definantly a HUGE improvement over the Adcom...... I still wouldn't mind a little more power so I was wondering that if I do go with better amps am I better off bi-amping these again (or keep them the way they are) or should I go with something like a 600w bryston amp or something else similar?

Definantly a huge improvement from adcom to 2 parasound amps.... would I get a similar improvement going from parasound to bryston/ whatever amp ??
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thanks for all the info.... very helpful!

I can't afford a new amp from bryston so it would be used. I might end up with something like the 14b st or possibly 14b sst which might be a bit cheaper for me vs 2 monoblocks. I checked out the parasound jc-1 & it seems to be available for a similar price compared to the 14bsst's & having the extra warrantee with the bryston definatly appeals to me.

Like someone mentioned would amps like this be overkill for my speakers? Possibly someday I might go with the larger kappa 9.1's

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