Big benefit to biamping; I've doubled everything, the speakers (Eminent Technology LFT8A's), the interconnects, speaker cables, amps...so it totals now 8 amps (using multichannel amps) driving the four Eminents. In order to accomplish it, had to get a preamp with dual main outs, then split those four outs! Rogue Magnum 66 has internally switchable tape out as second main. Works well.
Fabulous sound! Far, far outperforms the basic one speaker, one amp setup. Has put me into a different universe of sound.
If you don't stick with the same family of amps, you'll get into the never ending game of exchanging them, similar to interconnects. It'll just introduce another variable to drive you crazy.
You do have to pay attention to gain; one of my multichannels I use is 165/ch, the other 200/ch. The gain difference is noticeable, but I was able to combine them in such a way that it works incredibly well (used the 165/ch on bass, and supplemented with twin Vandersteen subs; much improved sound putting more watts to the panel speakers). But if you don't have matching amps, you could be asking for complications.
Fabulous sound! Far, far outperforms the basic one speaker, one amp setup. Has put me into a different universe of sound.
If you don't stick with the same family of amps, you'll get into the never ending game of exchanging them, similar to interconnects. It'll just introduce another variable to drive you crazy.
You do have to pay attention to gain; one of my multichannels I use is 165/ch, the other 200/ch. The gain difference is noticeable, but I was able to combine them in such a way that it works incredibly well (used the 165/ch on bass, and supplemented with twin Vandersteen subs; much improved sound putting more watts to the panel speakers). But if you don't have matching amps, you could be asking for complications.