Bi-amp a two-way speaker makes sense?


I am wondering if bi-amp a two-way speaker would make
any difference. I have a five channel Audio refinement 5x125 and a pair of Spendor S8. I am thinking of either buying a more powerful 2-channel amp or using 4 out of 5 channel of the amp for bi-amping which in fact would be equivalent to doubling the power per channel which could give me 250w/channel.

any suggestion would be appreciated.
andy2

Showing 1 response by marakanetz

Not exactly what Jsawhitlock sais:
If you have a two pair of binding posts on each of your speaker and if you will feed each input of amplifier separately i.e. using y-connector that you will have two separate amps amlifying the same signal and so you will increase the output power.
I did it a couple of times when I had to fix some of the amps: one was Nikko Alpha 200 and the other was AudioREsearch D100B. As you may check my system I still have my Totem Forrest 2-way speakers... Both of these amps have approximately the same gain as my VTL MB100 tube monos and I was amazed how SS and tube together could sound much much better than each one of them separately alone!
I have in my arsenal a DIY stepped volume controll boxes that I could apply to tame the higher gain amp and adjust tonal balance.