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Should I Biamp

Would appreciate some advice on the following.

As I have an Musical Fidelity A3 Integrated Amp and a A3.2 Power Amp. I could either use the Integrated as a Pre-Amp and therefore run only a single speaker cable (from the Power amp) to my ProAc D15 speakers OR should I run 2 sets of speaker cables; the first from the Integrated and the second from the Power Amp.

Option 1)
Integrated -> Power -> Speaker
Option 2)
Integrated -> Speaker (high) and
Power -> Speaker (mid/low)

Thanks
dtanclim

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I had an ARCAM A22 integrated and ARCAM P25 power amp hooked intially to B&W 603 S2 and later to B&W CDM 9NT.It was always the integrated for HF and the power amp for LF.It sounded pretty awful the other way around.Eventually got rid of the whole lot since I don't think this bi-amp business using an integrated/power combo is a patch for a proper pre/power combo as I discovered when I switched to a Bryston BP25/4BST.Some Brit manufacturers, notably Arcam, tout this form of bi-amping.Believe me its not entirely cheap nor good value.Its better to stick to conventional wisdom and use a pre and mono blocks(obviously more expensive)or a good power amp.I am wiser for having travelled the wrong road !!
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