McIntosh MC252 with Totem Mani2 / Sig's

The MC252 can have bi wire speaker wires connected using the 200 speaker connections. These will hold very large spades or banana jacks.
If you had a MC402 and a MC252 behind a black curtain in a blind A/B I would not want to bet my life I could tell the difference.
Ron-C

Skuras,

Typo, I meant '200 amp' binding posts. Of course passive bi amping / bi-wiring this way looks the same the MC252 as one set of wires because the woofer and mid section of the speakers cover different frequencies which when added together add up to full range. If you had two speakers per channel, say 4 ohm then you would drop down to the 2 ohm taps. Conversely if you want to increase bass and the speaker is 4 ohm simply connect the woofer + to the 4 ohm tap a the high + to the 2 ohm tap. This will drop the highs 3 DB and 'warm' up the sound. Another advantage of the autoformer.
Ron

Yes you can use banana and spades at the same time on the MC252 speaker binding posts.

Ron

I have the same set up, C2200 MC252 on one of my systems. I have used both balanced and unbalanced cables to the amp. Personally I like balanced cable connections better as they are more secure. High end balanced cables are less money and sound great. Try Canare, or Ethereal Home Theater Cables as they are both around $50 for a stereo pair. very high quality.
By the way the MC252 shares a bunch of parts with the MC501 mono blocks which the reviewers love. These two amps were developed together.

Ron-C

Even though the MC252 is enough amp for 90% of all speakers you will always wonder if you should have bought the MC402. Since these amps last a lifetime it may be better just to buy the Mc402 and be done with it. The 402 is just to big for some installations where the MC252 fits fine.
Ron