What do you gain from bi-amping Magnepan 1.6s or

With all due respect, should I not ask questions to gain knowledge? I am new to all this as you know but are you suggesting I should ask only the most basic of questions and stay at that point?

Hi Narrod. I see, I always thought a mono amp on each speaker was bi-amping. Four amps then, wow. For all the reading and internet googling I have been doing I missed that. OK, here is a list - what do I actually gain moving up the list:

(1) A stereo amp

(2) Two mono amps (one for each speaker)

(3)Bi-amped (two mono amps for each speaker)

Lets say these were all good quality amps of the same brand, what is the advantage of moving through the list (and the added expense) and is there a great increase in sound quality?

Thanks guys.

Sufintanil - thanks, this is some very basic info but very enlightening to me as a beginner. I would have thought using 2 amps on each speaker would have more appropriately been called "quad amping"

Roxy54 - Yes, you are probably right but it surprises me that people can justify going to all that added expense for what seems to be not a great increase in sound quality. Then again, maybe there is a great increase.

Timrhu - Thanks for saving me the reading in the link which I am sure would have confused me, though i do appreciate Rodman sending me the link. Your response perfectly answers the question for me. OK, here is another question - do you guys find a BIG improvement when bi-amping? Now, if so, what if I were to use 2 monoblocks total, one for each speaker - would I gain anything more than power than I would using a powerful stereo amp (Pass Labs 250.5).

After moving my system from room to room and battling room treatments in every room over the last couple of weeks I finally have my system sounding good enough to give me goose-pimples and I am sure I can get it better. I am going to be a wimp and try bi-wiring first.....do you guys think this makes much of a difference? One problem I see is I am using an attenuator to shave off the sharp highs on my Maggie 1.6s and the jumpers from these go into where the bi-wire cables go - how do I do this?

Thanks to everybody so far for your help - much appreciated.