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<blockquote data-quote="thch" data-source="post: 4873603" data-attributes="member: 562032">biamping has two contexts:1.)&nbsp; using one amp per speaker and moving the crossover into pre-amplifier processing (DSP or active filters).&nbsp; this allows for other effects like per-speaker time delay.2.)&nbsp; using one amp per speaker but using a crossover with two inputs.&nbsp; this has less advantages, but provides minor benefits.&nbsp; (amplifiers can be selected for each speaker.&nbsp; there are no issues with wire resistance based crosstalk.&nbsp; any nonlinear effects the speaker has on the amplifier are isolated from the other speaker.)&nbsp; The degree to which this plays a part is again more apparent when you have things like tube amps.in either case, I would stick with the same size amp for one channel as two channels.&nbsp; the reason being that peak power output requirements may not change significantly when biamping.&nbsp; Just because peak power may be misrepresented does not mean that an accurate peak power metric would not be useful in some cases.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thch, post: 4873603, member: 562032"] biamping has two contexts: 1.) using one amp per speaker and moving the crossover into pre-amplifier processing (DSP or active filters). this allows for other effects like per-speaker time delay. 2.) using one amp per speaker but using a crossover with two inputs. this has less advantages, but provides minor benefits. (amplifiers can be selected for each speaker. there are no issues with wire resistance based crosstalk. any nonlinear effects the speaker has on the amplifier are isolated from the other speaker.) The degree to which this plays a part is again more apparent when you have things like tube amps. in either case, I would stick with the same size amp for one channel as two channels. the reason being that peak power output requirements may not change significantly when biamping. Just because peak power may be misrepresented does not mean that an accurate peak power metric would not be useful in some cases. [/QUOTE]

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