Bi Amp -Advice required

[Santanu Ghosh]

My signature below specifies my HT setup.
I would like to know whether biamp/biwire is needed for better sound?

If yes, then pls tell me how to do it.
Also I have set my xover settings to 80Hz and Bass settings to 120Hz(LFE+main)
Are they ok?
I tried xover with 100Hz but didn't like it.Any advice on this topic will be highly appreciated.

Thx in advance to all kind hearted FM here.U people r doing a gr8 work.I appreciate it

 

[apk]

My signature below specifies my HT setup.
I would like to know whether biamp/biwire is needed for better sound?

If yes, then pls tell me how to do it.
Also I have set my xover settings to 80Hz and Bass settings to 120Hz(LFE+main)
Are they ok?
I tried xover with 100Hz but didn't like it.Any advice on this topic will be highly appreciated.

Thx in advance to all kind hearted FM here.U people r doing a gr8 work.I appreciate it

Shantanu,
Bi-amping and bi-wiring are both different concepts.

In simple terms, Bi-amping means using two power amplifiers to drive the highs and lows of the speakers. Bi-wiring means using the second zone/region speaker output from your amplifier/AVR also to feed the speaker.

For both bi-amping and bi-wiring to work, the speaker should be able to accept 2 sets of connections.

Bi-amping usually will have a much better improvement on your sound quality as compared to bi-wiring. However, for bi-amping, your current amplifier/AVR should have atleast one extra pre-out (to feed the second power amplifier)

Best,
APK

 

[elangoas]

My signature below specifies my HT setup.
I would like to know whether biamp/biwire is needed for better sound?

If yes, then pls tell me how to do it.
Also I have set my xover settings to 80Hz and Bass settings to 120Hz(LFE+main)
Are they ok?
I tried xover with 100Hz but didn't like it.Any advice on this topic will be highly appreciated.

Thx in advance to all kind hearted FM here.U people r doing a gr8 work.I appreciate it

Bi-Wiring : You run two pair's of wires from your receiver / amplifier to the speaker (LF & HF terminals)

Bi Amping : You run two different amplifiers to a speaker.. HF will need low powered amplifier & LF will need high powered amplifier...

I haven't done Bi- wiring...But have done Bi-Amping....I will try Bi-Wiring too Soon hyeah: Juz to experience myself...

In my experiment, Bi-Amping improved the bass response considerably....I could notice the difference....But the difference will not be day & night...hyeah:

Not sure if your receiver is capable of doing Bi-Wiring / Bi-Amping...Check your receivers manual & then decide whether to do it or not..

 

[Staxxx]

Santanu: I have had both bi-amped (once) and bi-wired (several) systems. Honestly I don't think you really need to do either with the current system that you have and the money would be better spent on upgrading the system as a whole to a different level - particularly if you listen to music. For HT, you may bi- or even tri-amp if you have a huge set up and feel you need so much more amplification - but really not for better SQ with the current system. This is my personal opinion with the set up as it is.
On the question of bi-wiring. There are experts who sit on both side of the fence. Some say it's not worth the money of another run of cables and design speakers accordingly (and very expensive ones too), others design their speakers to accept bi-wires (which of course offers the option to bi-amp also). I am not sure if your speakers have two sets of terminals each.
I currently use single wired speakers and am very pleased with the result and certainly do not see any detriment in sound to other speakers I have had by the same brand which were bi-wireable.
I think all these tweaks only begin to make sense when the system is really at a quite different level (and by that I mean perhaps needing to spend a lot of money on equipment and even room treatment if necessary). At that point, perhaps, once may discern a difference and appreciate the benefit of bi-amping etc.
This is my personal opinion and my advice would be to save your money going down this route at this time of your audiophile journey.
Hope this helps.

 

[Santanu Ghosh]

Thx to all of u for guiding me.

Can u pls help me about the xover settings and bass settings
I have set my xover settings to 80Hz and Bass settings to 120Hz(LFE+main)

 

[apk]

I think all these tweaks only begin to make sense when the system is really at a quite different level (and by that I mean perhaps needing to spend a lot of money on equipment and even room treatment if necessary). At that point, perhaps, once may discern a difference and appreciate the benefit of bi-amping etc.
This is my personal opinion and my advice would be to save your money going down this route at this time of your audiophile journey.
Hope this helps.

+1 to that. Bi-amping/bi-wiring starts to make a difference only once the level of your setup is already very high, and you are looking for incremental improvements. Today, you can do much better by just upgrading individual components to move up the chain. Once the entire chain is of very high quality, such tweaks (bi-amp/bi-wire) can bring about improvements.

Best,
APK