No report back yet?
I thought I'd weigh in, since I'm vertically passively biamping a very bare-bones system right now. Like others, I lurk the forums looking for firsthand experiences, so I may as well share mine. It just so happened that a couple of two-channel amps and a preamp kind of showed up one day. I got some biampable speakers off of craigslist and started playing.
Anyway, for me, the difference between two-channel with the bridge and four-channel sans-bridge (biamped) was undeniable. I won't say one is better than the other, necessarily. The definition increased a lot, but one person's separation is another loss-of-connection, so . . . Anyway, I liked it so much that I didn't even switch back and forth for detailed testing. I may play around again one day, but I like it for now.
Nothing Special Sony Blu-Ray Player
Lexicon DC-1
Two Rotel RB-980BX ss power amps (2x120 each)
Sony SS M3 two-ways
I've pretty much just assumed that all the untapped power, especially at the tweeters, doesn't really hurt anything. Under-stressed gear often performs better, right? I was surprised to find the volume drop when I switched to a biamp config. I expected the opposite. Turning up the volume, however, I was immensely pleased. All those intangible platitudes came up: separation, forward, lively, etc. I plan to experiment as funds allow, which is to say, gradually. For the sake of this thread, though, I just wanted to add my two cents as someone who has a simple budget setup with just enough gear to try one way and then the other.
I thought I'd weigh in, since I'm vertically passively biamping a very bare-bones system right now. Like others, I lurk the forums looking for firsthand experiences, so I may as well share mine. It just so happened that a couple of two-channel amps and a preamp kind of showed up one day. I got some biampable speakers off of craigslist and started playing.
Anyway, for me, the difference between two-channel with the bridge and four-channel sans-bridge (biamped) was undeniable. I won't say one is better than the other, necessarily. The definition increased a lot, but one person's separation is another loss-of-connection, so . . . Anyway, I liked it so much that I didn't even switch back and forth for detailed testing. I may play around again one day, but I like it for now.
Nothing Special Sony Blu-Ray Player
Lexicon DC-1
Two Rotel RB-980BX ss power amps (2x120 each)
Sony SS M3 two-ways
I've pretty much just assumed that all the untapped power, especially at the tweeters, doesn't really hurt anything. Under-stressed gear often performs better, right? I was surprised to find the volume drop when I switched to a biamp config. I expected the opposite. Turning up the volume, however, I was immensely pleased. All those intangible platitudes came up: separation, forward, lively, etc. I plan to experiment as funds allow, which is to say, gradually. For the sake of this thread, though, I just wanted to add my two cents as someone who has a simple budget setup with just enough gear to try one way and then the other.