Bi-Amping, best way??

What if you are using Balanced interconnects? Are they any quality Balanced spliiters ?

Sure, Oz. Purist Audio, Nordost, etc., all make y-adapters. I used a pair from Cobalt Cables, perhaps not the best but they did work.

thought i'd let u all know how the biamping went, all my cables and things have come, also the 2nd identical amp (Marantz PM6010OSE)....

well i setup the system in vertical mode, with one amp for left speaker driving both hi/lo and other amp for right speaker ditto, and i just split the source to both amps, with left split into l/r on amp1 and right split into l/r on amp2.... so the results.... Brilliant!!!, the musical depth is much improved, the defenition in each speaker is a big step-up, the sound-stage is much the same, there is a good deal more bass, all in all the music is a lot more alive than before. I'm lacking real detail but thats more down to my very old CD source (Marantz CD54), i've got a Sony SCD-BX940 coming soon to have a play with, so will drop in the odd SACD to see how it sounds, but at the mo. all in all very happy, i'll have a play at changing to horizontal bi-amping with one amp for Hi's and one for Lo's just to see the difference, just more of a faff getting the balance right on the two amp volume control.

anyway, off to pour a beer and have a listen....

Cool let us know the difference between the vert and horiz.. Thanks

Ok, i've tried Vertical bi-amping with 1 amp for each speaker, and the sound was much fuller, and the mid-range was a lot stronger, i think my wife described it as been more 'in your face' (she's a violinist), so though i'd swap things around to horizontal bi-amping with one amp for hi's and the other for lo's, and with her fine-tuned ear she was saying that there's less mid-range but you can make out all the instruments and a lot more detail and colour (not coloured, as in valve amp, but sparkle and life), but not as much force.....

so looks like for my setup then Horizontal bi-amping works best.... was it worth the extra bit of cable here and there, and also a 2nd hand identical amp.... Yep!
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