How many audiophiles bi wire their speakers????

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I have some Tannoy D-700's. Started off at first with only one McIntosh amp and regular wiring. Bought some high end speaker cables and BIG sonic improvement! Bi-wiring made no noticeable sonic improvement.

Bought 'another' MC352 amp and "vertically bi-amped"...BIG BIG sonic improvement. Essentially, the high end and low end of each speaker has its own separate amplification.

Bi-wiring two similar two channel amps is a much more dynamic setup than using two monoblock amps with regular or bi-wiring.

I just don't think biwiring one amp alone is worth anything. Would like to hear other's opinions on this.

John

Dave-
English is a funny language when written. I meant to say that I had both biampmped (with 2 amps) and biwired (with one amplifier). Lots of energy and resources expended but again, for me, no significant difference.

This is an interesting thread. I could start another thread but I think my question can fit here.

oops, make that....just a few....question(s!)

What is the differance between vertical and horizontal bi-amping. Of course I know what up-and-down and accross is, but how does one go about this on speakers. I have Kef Referance 205s and there are three sets of speaker inputs.

Second, is there anything I sould be aware of before trying? Sometimes I have a habit of "throwing it against the wall and see what sticks" approach to fixing things and this has gotten me into trouble......several times.

All advice, even beyond the above is appreciated.

Unclejeff, with a horizontal biamp, one amp is used to power the mid/tweeter of both speakers and the other amp is used to power both speakers woofer sections. In a vertical biamp one amp becomes the left and the other the right channel with say the designated left channel of that amp powering the mid/tweeter and the designated right channel powering the woofer. The supposed advantage is that one amp is not overly taxed driving both speakers woofer sections. It is thought that there will rarely be high level bass and treble in one channel at the same time and the amps will have a greater power reserve and better dynamics.