Wireless200, I am running 2 Nakamichi PA7s right now full time, each drawing about 260watts idle in passive biamp mode, it sounds very decent, contrary to what Shannere (Thanks)weblink article mentioned as having little benefit. The overall sound quality just seems punchier, cleaner and yes, the system plays much louder as well. I got a huge room (typical open floor plan 50Wx40Dx20H).
One unexplained oddity w/ the Naks are that using the Y splitter for the inputs, they cause loud turn-on pops, forcing me to leave them on all the time, which is quite wasteful which I am trying to resolve maybe w/ different amps...I totally understand the many benefits of active crossover (tried it w/ homemade subs and Paradigm X30 crossover for a few years) but generally speaking, some clarity and intimacy was lost and balancing was difficult, realizing how complex the passive crossover setup in the N802 is I do not want to mess with.
