No, You Cannot Bi-Amp


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The new Magnepan 20.7 is not bi-ampable. The prior model 20.1 allowed bi-amping.

What sonic benefit if any, would any would a speaker gain by removing the capability to bi-amp?

I understand the big Wilsons are no longer bi-ampable either.

I have always been a huge fan of bi-amping.
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mitch4t

Showing 3 responses by elizabeth

In my mind biamping is a 'teenage' phenomenon.
If one is good, two MUST be better.
Yeah a few folks are able, with effort to make it work for themselves.
In general it is a waste of time, if as much effort was made to have one amp work well.
The worst side of it is all the folks who know nothing about it wanting to do it as if it is some easy magic panacea.. Gee I could biamp,,Cool!.... NOT.
The problems of newbies asking how to biamp is a regular feature of this and other sites.
Those folks are the ones I am writing about.
As for the reasons, that IS my reason for making it into a rant.
The folks who know what they are with biamping do not ask questions about biamping, as least not on Audiogon.

As for going through all the bother as to why it is not so great an idea.. plenty of posts on the benefits vs downside of biamping have been posted. Are we all supposed to explain the history of the world in every post?

As for Bombaywalla, I realize his need for clarity and precise arguments is bothering him when he reads my posts.
I tend to be oblique, and assume folks have some basic sense. Also perhaps he is not really getting some of my subtle humor?
Anyway, the fact of Bombaywalla not liking my style does not bother me in any way whatsoever. Sorry Bomb.. but you bombed IMO. And I look forward to years of you shaking your head in disgust at my writings.. LOL
(enough folks have appreciated my writing to make me able to easily just ignore bombaywalla's rantings.)
Thanks guys! Unfortunately my kitchen skills are pretty much non-existant. My oven gets a hard workout making a frozen pizza. LOL.
The top burners are good for popcorn, a can of beans,
My most complicated dish is spagetti.. with bottled sauce.

I detest the smell of cooking in general. (meat is really the worst smell)
My personal Hell would be stuck cooking in a really hot dirty, smelly greasy spoon resturant serving 'baby on a stick" (in Hell remember..) LOL!

I am no model housewife. Thank You.

((Maybe Bombaywalla would like a bit of my "Baby on a stick" dish???)) I wonder???