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Advice: spare channels for bi-wiring

Hi everyone,
I currently have a 2 channel and a 5 channel power amp for a total of 7 channels. I use the 2 channel for my front speakers for music.

For home theater I use the 5 channel amp to drive my center, and rears. I use the same 2 channel amp for the fronts. This leaves me with 2 spare channels (on the 5 channel amp). Since my center channel can be bi-wired, would it make a difference to use a spare channel to bi-wire by center speaker? My surround processor does have 2 center channel outputs. Any advice would be appreciated.
donny619

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prpixel
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I have a 7 channel amp, a pre/pro with dual center outs and a biwire center channel also. I bi-amped the center for awhile like you were planning. Did not really make a difference except make it play a little louder. I had to turn it down in the setup menu. Use the extra 2 channels for a second zone. Or, if the the amp can be bridged down to 3 channels, you could get some extra power to your surrounds.

Good luck,
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