Tube and Solid State Amps both Biwired

...instead spending your money on "mediocre" tube/solid combo, buy yourself ONE good solid or tubed amp. Remember, more (*&*@#$#$ between you and the source, more distortions. Good Luck. P.S. It shouldn't be ANY difference between two "excelent" amps, being Tubed or SS

...instead spending your money on "mediocre" tube/solid combo, buy yourself ONE good solid or tubed amp. Remember, more (*&*@#$#$ between you and the source, more distortions. Good Luck

I'm a big fan of bi-amping (separation of duties). Both active and vertical. Two way and three way speakers will have different requirements. A lot to do with x-over point. Two way speakers will be more diffcult to bi-amp due to it high x-over point. If your 801's x-over point is lower than 250Hz (low side of mid bass) I would'nt worry about a thing. You can use different interconnect and speaker cables (separation of duties) too. However, both amps need to have same gain. Email me with your system and spec and I'll give you my recommendation. You are in the right path.

You will never get a coherent sound mixing tubes and solid state amps in a speaker like the B&W 801s. The sonic texture of these amplifiers will never mesh properly. You will end up with a discontinuous sound that will be extremely bothersome, especially on instruments like cello that have a wide frequency range. That is if you can manage to balance the sound level differences between the 2 amplifiers. You should consider buying just one great tube amlifier like a Lamm ML 1 that is both musical and has a bass that will put any solid state amp to shame. rgds, david k.