Bi-amping and bi-wiring not the same thing. Bi-amping may have some advantages, not associated with more power but more current and also better separation. And too much power is typically less of a problem for the speakers than too little. Many more speakers fried from clipping than from too much power, unless you like the volume high enought to make your ears bleed. OTOH, I am sort of interested intellectually in the actual answer; i.e., for 2 amps rated at 100 wpc each, how much power are you delivering if you vertically bi-amp?
Bi-Amp Power Rating
If this has been discussed before, please point me in the right direction.
I've been looking to upgrade my speakers to a set that can be bi-wired. My question is this... If the speakers are rated at, say, 200 watts/channel, and I'm powering them with an amp that has an output rating of that same amount, what happens when you bi-wire them? I mean, if I bi-wire the speakers, presumably bi-amping them, wouldn't I have to halve the power of the amp? Otherwise, wouldn't the speakers be receiving, theoritically, 400 watts/ch? Thoughts? Or, are the power ratings of bi-wireable speakers already taking into account the double dose?
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I've been looking to upgrade my speakers to a set that can be bi-wired. My question is this... If the speakers are rated at, say, 200 watts/channel, and I'm powering them with an amp that has an output rating of that same amount, what happens when you bi-wire them? I mean, if I bi-wire the speakers, presumably bi-amping them, wouldn't I have to halve the power of the amp? Otherwise, wouldn't the speakers be receiving, theoritically, 400 watts/ch? Thoughts? Or, are the power ratings of bi-wireable speakers already taking into account the double dose?
Thanks