How many audiophiles bi wire their speakers????

I have some Tannoy D-700's. Started off at first with only one McIntosh amp and regular wiring. Bought some high end speaker cables and BIG sonic improvement! Bi-wiring made no noticeable sonic improvement.

Bought 'another' MC352 amp and "vertically bi-amped"...BIG BIG sonic improvement. Essentially, the high end and low end of each speaker has its own separate amplification.

Bi-wiring two similar two channel amps is a much more dynamic setup than using two monoblock amps with regular or bi-wiring.

I just don't think biwiring one amp alone is worth anything. Would like to hear other's opinions on this.

John

Anyone wanting to read a good explanation of Vertical Bi-Amplification should go to:

http://www.caryaudio.com/html/biamping/html

To sum it up:

1. One stereo amp per channel, equals 4 channels of amplification

2. Each stereo amp is dedicated to one channel...vertical bi-amping

3. The two inputs of each stereo amp are wired in parallel

4. Outputs are wired separately to woofer and midrange tweeter inputs on the loudspeaker

Thanks to Dennis J. Had for this excellent informational write-up (president of Cary Audio).

He really turned my listening experience around. (Unfortunately, I use McIntosh equipment :) )

My apologies that the Cary article isn't there any more....it's been a little over a year since I copied it off their website...if I have the time I will transcribe it onto this thread.

John