Two different amps to horizontal bi amp?


I have Hales Designer Reference One speakers. They have three sets of post for speaker wire. I presently have one amp (Wingate 2000)class a amp. I have added a Sunfire signiture subwoofer to extend the lower registers but do not like the overall blending of the two. Here is my question / statement. I have an opportunity to purchase a Threshold S500 class a/b amp. I would use this to drive the woofers and use the Wingate to run the tweeter and mids. I feel the Threshold would elevate the bass performance and allow me to eliminate the sub woofer. Would this work? What kind of potential problems would or could I have?

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All of the above posts are correct and their warnings should be taken into consideration. However, I will tell you I horizontally bi-amp with Levinson Reference 20.0 (top) and Krell KMA 160 (bottom) on modified Martin Logan Monolith IIs with an external (active) cross over. It's almost impossible to use two different amps without the flexibility of an active cross over, but this combination has really worked well--it was not easy to find the right combination though due to the above mentioned concerns, but I was actually looking for slightly different amps in this application.
foreverhifi: How do you feel about Parasound amps for bass? I wasn't sure, be clear now--and don't hold back:)