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Will I blow up my tweeters by bi-wiring?
Agree with Trelja and OH61, if your speaker cables are expensive you probably will go with internal bi-wire cable, if cables are less expensive you may want to consider double runs which is slightly better sound than internal bi-wire. Only caveat ... 
Speaker Front Cover
Ikinat, not that simple, you should listen both ways. Sound will be slightly brighter without speaker cover, and speaker manf may design speaker to sound more natural with cover in place. Try both ways and check with manf. for their recommendation... 
What is the name of this song??
Please tell me you don't want to buy this song! Ranks right up there with "disco duck" as dumbest top 40 song of all time..... 
Two integrated's for bi-amping?
Oatalay, I have no experience in your situation, I have very simple passive bi-amp setup because I use same brand, Musical Fidelity, and they were designed to bi-amped as an upgrade path and are matched gain etc. You are using different brands and... 
Cable advice
Monster speaker cables must go immediately, for your price range get Analysis Plus Oval 12, $150 new for 8ft pair or go up to Oval 9 for $299. Used look for AQ Midnights. I do not share enthusiasm for PBJ others have here. It is very detailed, but... 
Two integrated's for bi-amping?
Dekay you ideally should try to get MF X-AS100 amp and connect to X-A1 integrated using preamp out RCAs of X-A1. Use the X-A1 to drive the treble and X-AS100 to drive the bass of bi-wire speakers. You need two pairs of speaker cable for this passi... 
Best beadroom speaker under $350 (NHT?)
PSB Image 2 monitor, brand new line from PSB, 2 way with 6.5 woofer has incredible range. List is $399 but many places on internet will sell for 250-300. I have a pair for my 2nd system. This model much better than PSB Alpha which constantly gets ... 
Musical system for under $2K?
Here is a great system for your price range, prices are for new equipment, PSB Image 2 speakers $300.......Attacama 21" speaker stands $99.....8ft Analysis Plus Oval 12 speaker cable pair $150....Musical Fidelity X-A2 integrated, 75w $700....Music... 
Best
Morasp, I own several MF amps, integrateds, preamps and will probably end up buying an A3cr amp/preamp combo when the time is right, it pays to be patient when buying from Audio Advisor as price will eventually come down. I have read several revie... 
Integrated Amps vs. Separates.
At @$1500-2000 retail and less the best integrateds are very competitive and sometimes surpass seperates, but over this amount the cost of extra box is not overwhelming and the physical/engineering advantages of seperation will win out as superior... 
Best
Musical Fidelity A3cr amp/preamp under $1500 each new, Wes Phillips did complete review recently in OnHiFi/Soundstage, Sam Tellig will review in October Stereophile.....he will be blown away, mark my words. Analysis Plus Oval 9 speaker cable is as... 
advice for integrated amp
Musical Fidelity A3, A300 are extremely hard to beat for the money, they will embarass many seperate amp/preamp setups, beautiful rich sound, powerful, remote control, look great 
Bargain power conditioners
Mike, stay with HTS2000, stage three filter in the 2500&3500 models sounds worse than HTS2000 IMO......I have tried both and use only HTS2000, Sam 
Bright Star Audio Isolation Devices
Emil, most reveiwers like them very much, but I would not use this system on purely aesthetic reasons, looks like you encase your beautiful component in a crypt, visually unacceptable to me. I prefer simple, elegant solutions that are invisible or... 
Too much bass even in large room...?
This room size requires speakers to be on long wall, 24ft, pulled out 4-5ft from wall. Should then have nice 7-8ft nearfield seating position (equilateral triangle). If you put them on 14ft wall, which I bet he has, speakers are too close to corne...