Is it best to use a 5-channel amp for biamping??

But I think he's asking if he can just split the signal into 2 channels to drive a single speaker in bi-wire fashion without doing everything descriobed above to the crossovers...I am curious about this myself.

I meant could he split the signal and use 2 channels to drive a single speaker in bi-amp fashion, sorry.

but you can bi-amp off the different channels of a multi-channel, assuming what you described as a possible issue does not exist?

so Sean are you saying it's possible that using 2 of the 5 channels off the same amp to bi-amp will not deliver sonically noticeable results due to the channels all being the same maker, sonic signature, etc?

thanks sean and greg, I've been trying to understand this for sometime, and your explanations have finally made it make sense to me. Sounds to me like I will hold off on bi-amping until I'm ready to add a crossover between the processor and amp. one final question, if I am running N802's, which like high levels of power, would I hear sonic difference running two channels off my amp into each speaker, effectively doubling the power they're receiving? I realize it probably won't be as significant as actively filtering the corssover before the amp, but would it be pronounced given that my speaker respond better to increased power? (my amp is a Krell TAS 200x5)

Let's take the discussion a step further. If I were to split the signal at the amp, and rather than use 2 of the channels on my Krell, use one and run the other side of the split to a tube amp, what type of things would I need to understand in terms of power, crossover, etc., to appropriately match a tube amp to the mid/high connections, and my Krell to the woofer?