I am running a McIntosh C2700 Tube Preamp with a MC462 stereo power amp driving B&W 800D3’s along with two REL 212SX subs. I have been thinking of bi-amping with a second MC462. Anyone done this or have comments on this? Do you think I’d get a noticeable improvement in the sound? The MC462 owner’s manual shows an optional wiring diagram with a bi-amp configuration - one MC462 drives the woofers on each speaker, the other one the midrange and tweeters.
Biamping vs only inserting an Active crossover
I guess if one is deciding to biamp, you need to insert an active crossover device.
When you insert an active crossover device, does this improve the quality of the signal directed toward individual drivers on your speaker so as to avoid the need to biamp which is also designed to better focus the signal reaching the drivers in your speaker?
Are there phasing issues when you biamp?
Further, biamping is a way to bring the quality of tubes to mid and tweeters so another reason why biamping may be of benefit.
In the process you substantially increase all the interconnects which to me sounds unfavorable overall. So in the end does any of this effort make any sense at all???