First bi-amp go around


  The other day I purchased some new to me monoblock amplifiers. They sounded good enough but felt kinda meh to me for the money spent. I was wondering what to do with my modified hafler that was sitting in the basement. Didn't want to part with it. Felt guilty about letting it sit there. Why not bi-amp? Have read about it but never done it. I had to make a set of xlr to rca interconnects. Extra speaker wires were already to go. So I hooked it up to my psbs via hafler on the top connections, the monoblocks to the bottom connections. The result. WOW! Very big improvement. If anyone has ever contemplated attempting bi-amping, I highly suggest it. Especially if one has equipment sitting around collecting dust and are seeking a different sound. Separation of instruments is the best way I can describe the sound improvement.
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Definitely agree with the effortless power statement. Peter gabrial new blood was being played. I was listening while doing other things. There were many moments while listening to this album, for the who knows how many time, I thought "what was that?" Upon first investigation, it seemed the ps audio bhk preamp was unable to do two preouts. After actually reading the owners manual, it IS designed to handle two pre outs. The only real hangup setting this experiment up was the xlr to rca patch cable needed as both of these types of amps are single ended. 
Yes, the current setup is utilizing the horizontal biamp setup. Also yes I have the more powerful units driving the woofer. In the basement is an old silverface receiver that I always enjoyed the sound of. I may swap this unit in at some point and see how the sound changes.