Is bi-amping worthwhile?
Posted by: MartinCA on 19 November 2003
I was wondering whether anyone has tried bi-amping - and if so, whether the results were worthwhile?
Received wisdom seems to be that it is better to upgrade the power amp, than to get a second of the same spec. And in fact, it would be better still to start upgrading at the other end with the CD player.
In my case I have a CD5/FC2/112/150/Stageline/Riga3 with Rogers LS7 speakers. And I'm pretty sure that a CDX2, and Hicap, and 282, and an XPS would each in turn give better results than a second 150.
But ..... a second hand 150 would be a lot cheaper! The question is - would it make much difference? Has anyone tried it?
Martin
Received wisdom seems to be that it is better to upgrade the power amp, than to get a second of the same spec. And in fact, it would be better still to start upgrading at the other end with the CD player.
In my case I have a CD5/FC2/112/150/Stageline/Riga3 with Rogers LS7 speakers. And I'm pretty sure that a CDX2, and Hicap, and 282, and an XPS would each in turn give better results than a second 150.
But ..... a second hand 150 would be a lot cheaper! The question is - would it make much difference? Has anyone tried it?
Martin
Steve
If I had £10k spare to spend, that would be the way I would go!
And it's the way I probably will go over time - I was just wondering ....
Julian
Thanks for that - I guess that your experience makes sense, when you come to think about it.
But it's strange, isn't it : with many other makes, bi-amping is claimed to be the way to go. Whereas with Naim, it appears as if almost no-one has even tried it!
By the way - I'm not advocating bi-amping. I'm sure Steve is right - but I remain curious about whether anyone else has actually tried it.
If I had £10k spare to spend, that would be the way I would go!
And it's the way I probably will go over time - I was just wondering ....
Julian
Thanks for that - I guess that your experience makes sense, when you come to think about it.
But it's strange, isn't it : with many other makes, bi-amping is claimed to be the way to go. Whereas with Naim, it appears as if almost no-one has even tried it!
By the way - I'm not advocating bi-amping. I'm sure Steve is right - but I remain curious about whether anyone else has actually tried it.