Is bi amping worth it ?


New thinking ? 
 

the subwoofer world is quite confusing . so I have  left that decision alone for a bit.  I have recently read where bi amping the khorns could give me the little more bass punch I am looking for. ?    The 601 mono-blocks certainly have enough power but I have a tube pre amp C-2300 that does not separate bass and treble signals so would need to add an external crossover.  
 

anyone have any experience with this ? Is this worth the effort ?  And if so any recommendations on the external crossover ? 
 

thanks again everyone. I greatly appreciate all input from this forum.  

hardhattg

Showing 1 response by mulveling

No, it really was not worth it in the end. 

Tried it several times and a few ways, with the same of each amp. Vertical and horizontal configs. It could sound "exciting" at first, but never convinced me to stick that way for longn. Seemed less musically coherent somehow (there can be slight differences in units of even the same model of an amp). Not good results with bridging SS amps to mono, either. What I didn't try is biamping with disparate amps (like tubes up top) - but honestly the coherence issue when biamping with the same SS amp turned me off that idea.

What CAN make a big positive difference is taking two stereo tube amps that can be switched (paralleled) into mono, and running them as monos. 

This was done with Tannoys that are relatively efficient.