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Matching the sensitivity of two amps for bi-amping

Hello,
I want to try bi-amping of my speakers Von Schweikert 4 Ohms, 96 dB sensitivity. I have now a preamp Conrad Johnson Premier 17 LS and a pair of Audio Note tube amplifiers. The input sensitivity of the amplifiers is 60 mV @ 0 dB. I would like to buy a solid state amplifier (or two monoblocks) to drive the low end of the speakers. I am almost sure that the input sensitivity will not exactly match those of the Audionotes. Is it difficult to adjust? I won't use external crossovers, because I don't want to touch the speakers for bypassing the filters. What should be done? Tnx in advance and have a nice audio-time.
nikmilkov

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elevick
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I agree with Zd. Even if you get the gain to match at a certain level, both amps won't increase at the exact same rate.
If you want to see if bi-amping helps, you could use both of your amps on one speaker and see if you get more detail or punch? Then, you may end up buying 2 more Audio Notes :-)
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