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which amp for legacy focus

i have owned these focus for three years and love them. I am driving them behind a legacy power amp. I am getting to the point where i want to take these speakers to the next level. I am considering a new amp or two. Biamping interests me. I have auditioned a krell ???(250 watts),mcintosh 352,(350 watts)and the bryston 14sbt(500 watts) as singles and a couple of bryston 4sbt's(250 watts each) as duals. As no local dealer has the focus speakers I can not audition on the speakers until purchase. The biamping in theory makes sense I am just not sure if the extra $$$ is worth it. There is approx a $1500 difference bewtween the single amps and the biamps. Any comments and opinions?
dave1117

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havenandhell3d33e
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11/30/02,Hamlet
Hi,Dave
I tried to bi-amp my martin logans but I did not see real improvement.Any way I am not going to keep this speakers because I do not like passive system.I had my active system in Europe(Austria)but when I moved to states I sold It to my best friend who asked me many times to by it.Now I am getting ready to put something like that together.I do not know any thing about legacy focus speakers but, I would say do not bi-amp your speakers unless you want to change it to active speakers.You are going to need a three way electronic crossover and two 4B SST. One for tweeters and one for midrange and use your 14B SST for your woofers.And It will be your last upgrade forever. Good luck and have a fun with music.
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