Two Channel Amp or 5 Channel Biamp


Hi Guys,

Newbie here asking for help. I have a pair of Vista running with Pioneer SC-35 AVR. Looking to upgrade with an external amp(via SC-35 preouts):

Choices:
1. Rotel RMB 1075, 120WX5 (looking to biamp 4 chan to Vista)
2. Threshold S200, 100WX2 (straight to Vista via speaker binding post bridged)

Purpose: To enhance music listening via 2 chan stereo on my new Vista.

Which of the two will produce the better sound quality?
jungwoo22

Showing 1 response by bdgregory

I'm not familiar with either of these amps but have toyed with passive biamping as you're contemplating quite a bit. It rarely provides improvement.

You should go with the better amp (channel for channel), which I assume is the Threshold. It's very unlikely you will realize any material "power" benefits, and I've never had a multichannel amp that sounded better than a 2 channel.