(01-Jul-2019, 15:49)Jean-Marie Wrote: My speakers only have a pair of posts so that rules out any bi-amp and bi-wiring.
I could consider dual mono if I had the budget, but this is not ever for granted, given that my speakers are not very demanding in terms of impedance dip and I hardly even listen above -8dB.
(01-Jul-2019, 16:53)BjornWiman Wrote: Going to dual mono is so much more than just more power. The power supply doubles in capacity when going to mono, which result in an even lower noise floor. As a result The soundstage expands in width, greater depth and height and you experience even more fine details - the increased power is only the iceing on the cake...[url=javascript:void(0)][/url]
My speakers have the capacity to bi-wire/bi-amp but I am not looking for more power. What I am seeking is possibly better resolution and improved response. In the past I had a pair of Classe mono-blocs each channel having two pairs of binding posts. I always bi-wired my speakers as a result. With the Devialet there is only one pair of binding posts (for each channel). Since I build my own speaker cables I can control quality and cost and therefore change the style and configuration with little to no issue. Currently I have two pairs of conductors tied together on the amp-end (for each channel) and two pairs of conductors connected to two pairs of binding posts on the speaker-end for a bi-wired configuration.
If I went dual-mono I could reach my goals on the amp side but the speaker side remains unchanged. If I bi-amped two stereo configurations I could reach my goals on the speaker side but then the amp remains unchanged. Ideally bi-amping two dual-mono configurations would reach my goals on both sides of the amplifier and speaker equation but then that becomes a question of ROI. I was curious to learn what others were doing which was the impetus for the poll.
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