1jay5
Standard Member
Hi everyone,
I have a couple of options and wondered what opinions you could share about bi-amp’ing.
Having got hold of a used Arcam P1000 (waiting for it to be delivered), and already having a P85, would I get better results from 2x P85’s (buy an additional one) or the p1000 doing Bi-amp duties?
As I understand; the general school of thought is that separate power supplies (ie 2x amps) would be better than a single power supplied multichannel amp used to Bi-amp my speakers.
Also, what do we think about either daisy chaining, so one P85 handles bass and the second treble, or use the mono-link and use one P85 per speaker? Is this even how mono-link works? The only thing I do know is mono-link is not bridging the amp.
If I go with the P1000 to bi-amp, would I be better off using a splitter interconnect or daisy chain across the channels? I can say that splitters are cheaper than the extra cabling daisy-chaining requires.
I’m not trying to go louder, just improve the quality of the stereo performance. I like movies as much as music, and mostly want to improve the stereo performance as much as possible on a limited budget.
My set up is:
MacBook Pro as source for music and movies
Arcam AVR360
Arcam P85 driving L&R
Kef Q35.2 L&R (set to large)
Kef Q95.2 Centre (set to small)
Kef HTS7001 rear & sides (set to small)
Kef C4 sub
I got the P1000 for £15 more than a P85 sold on the same day on eBay, so surely could sell the P1000 and get another P85, but can’t really afford/be allowed by ‘she who must be obeyed’ to have 2x P85’s and the P1000 at the same time.
Thanks in advance for any opinions or insights you share.
I have a couple of options and wondered what opinions you could share about bi-amp’ing.
Having got hold of a used Arcam P1000 (waiting for it to be delivered), and already having a P85, would I get better results from 2x P85’s (buy an additional one) or the p1000 doing Bi-amp duties?
As I understand; the general school of thought is that separate power supplies (ie 2x amps) would be better than a single power supplied multichannel amp used to Bi-amp my speakers.
Also, what do we think about either daisy chaining, so one P85 handles bass and the second treble, or use the mono-link and use one P85 per speaker? Is this even how mono-link works? The only thing I do know is mono-link is not bridging the amp.
If I go with the P1000 to bi-amp, would I be better off using a splitter interconnect or daisy chain across the channels? I can say that splitters are cheaper than the extra cabling daisy-chaining requires.
I’m not trying to go louder, just improve the quality of the stereo performance. I like movies as much as music, and mostly want to improve the stereo performance as much as possible on a limited budget.
My set up is:
MacBook Pro as source for music and movies
Arcam AVR360
Arcam P85 driving L&R
Kef Q35.2 L&R (set to large)
Kef Q95.2 Centre (set to small)
Kef HTS7001 rear & sides (set to small)
Kef C4 sub
I got the P1000 for £15 more than a P85 sold on the same day on eBay, so surely could sell the P1000 and get another P85, but can’t really afford/be allowed by ‘she who must be obeyed’ to have 2x P85’s and the P1000 at the same time.
Thanks in advance for any opinions or insights you share.