Which Mc better Mid/High performance in BiAmp set up?


1)From which will I get better performance driving mid & high's through my
B & W 801 Nautilus in BiAmp set up?
*One of the repro McIntosh MC275's or a good McIntosh Transistor Amp?

2)Which is best of type ?

Will use my old McIntosh 7270 for lows.

Thanks
athana

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Zd542
I should not bother the Tube idea for Mids/Highs right..?
I always fancied the look of that Tube thing (Mc275)..and thought if its the same effect as it is in my guitar amps maybe more musical in those intricacies but if it makes no audio sense to do it.What do you suggest as alternative,maybe in a McIntosh amplifier?
Cheers
Thanks.. : )
Almarg
I have the McIntosh C29 Pre amp..which we bought new back then.
The Amps may not be compatable using the Mc7270 Solid state together with a recent Mc275 in biAmp set up..and you suggest a solid state to match instead ?
Boy..I thought getting the tube spirit directed at the tweeters & mid a good thing.
Thanks..
When I bought this pair of 801 Nautilus in October (used) I saw they needed a special little wire to hook up the terminals which i didn't have..looking into more reviews and more deeply it seems the speakers (from what i read), were designed to be BiAmped..The guy I bought speakers from had a couple of Tube Amps on the Floor & I think another Amp in his rack.So I figured that must be so.
So till this day speakers sit there wrapped up and unconnected as it has taken me this long to decide and bring myself to sell my unused new in box MA6500 Integrated Amp to buy the other amp required for biAmping.I never even knew what BiAmping meant and still barely do. I thought the alternative was just getting another Amp & run em in Mono..but I dont really need any more power. The 801F's i've have had since 1987 and about to replace,were much more inefficient but way loud enough with the 270 Watts per Channel.
Hopefully the new 801N is actually an upgrade to the 801F cause they sound pretty much like the most natural accurate speaker Id ever heard.
Thanks Z..
The MA6500 Integrated Amp was not for this it was for a separate system we were going to do in another room hooked up to tv..never used it once we got a tv (5 years later) and realized we didn't like anything they play on TV ..nor the $100 cable bill,and so we dont need MA6500.
We are very slow in doing things : (
We use the McIntosh C29 PreAmp and a Mc7270 for the stereo.
MC1000's..?
You mean two 1000 Watt mono block amps with yet more power for mid/highs ?
And they (a pair of 801N)sounded better with all that running into them ?
Wbs/Bill..

This is what B&W said about my "predicament"

Bi-amping has been observed to improve the performance of loudspeakers, however the benefit will only be realised if identical amplifiers are used for both sections.

If differing amplifiers are used, as in your case solid-state 270w Vs. tube amp 75w, the overall timbre balance and voicing of the speaker will be severely compromised and offer no advantage over that of the single amplifier method - the close knitting of the drive units and integration will be come disturbed by feeding differing performance of sounds to the differing sections of the loudspeakers, the coherency will no longer be seamless, almost disjointed in delivery.

If in doubt, consider bi-wiring which reduces the distortions generated within the loudspeaker circuit, revealing more detail; otherwise masked by the bass drivers associated back EMF.

So..
I was ok selling off my unused un need MA6500 Integrated Amp to get the amp needed to BiAmp..
But I'm definitely not keen on selling off my MC7270 to start from zero as the Amp is excellent.
So how to enhance performance..another 7270 ??
If I was wealthy Id get a pair of MC2000's and see if I like em better but till then..