Bi-Amping or Mono Blocks

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  • wettou
    Ultra Senior Member
    • May 2006
    • 3389

    Bi-Amping or Mono Blocks

    I was wondering if any of you proud 800 series owners have compared the following:

    Bi-Amping the 802D with 200W for the tweeter and mid plus 200W for the bass using CA-5200

    vs

    Single amp like Monoblock CA-M400 or Emotiva XPA1?

    I am currently using the CA-5200 and sometime feel that the sound is anemic! I have to crank up the volume fairely high on the SSP-800 to feel the music :B

    Any experienced comments would be greatly appreciated, Muchas Gracias :T
    Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you're a thousand miles from the corn field."Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Eliav
    Senior Member
    • Jul 2005
    • 484

    #2
    I have not, but i am on the verge of getting a second set of CAM400 to bi-amp the 800D's. I need some moral support to pull the trigger. I wont have a chance to get a loaner pair of CAM400 and try it at home, so it will be a hit or miss type of an action. any of you tried the CAM400 bi amping 800d ( Abby road studios anyone? :W )
    Eliav
    :T Socrat

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    • ClosetSciFiGeek
      Senior Member
      • Oct 2009
      • 247

      #3
      A good friend has Polk's Lsi15's that are pretty power hungry. He switched from an Outlaw 200watt amplifier to the Emotiva XPA-1's and there was a marked difference in the low end control and strength. I have bi-amped before and the cost does not seem worth the gain to me. I vote get the XPA-1's and bet you will be happier for less money/less cables/less rack space.
      "You get what you Inspect, not what you Expect"
      -Hyman G. Rickover

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      • wettou
        Ultra Senior Member
        • May 2006
        • 3389

        #4
        Originally posted by ClosetSciFiGeek
        A good friend has Polk's Lsi15's that are pretty power hungry. He switched from an Outlaw 200watt amplifier to the Emotiva XPA-1's and there was a marked difference in the low end control and strength. I have bi-amped before and the cost does not seem worth the gain to me. I vote get the XPA-1's and bet you will be happier for less money/less cables/less rack space.
        You see the problem with mono is space I need five or at least three. But I can get an other CA-3200 and use my CA-5200 to biamp my front channels. Or may be I could just bridge the amps
        Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you're a thousand miles from the corn field."Dwight D. Eisenhower

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        • ninja12
          Senior Member
          • Mar 2007
          • 181

          #5
          Originally posted by wettou
          You see the problem with mono is space I need five or at least three. But I can get an other CA-3200 and use my CA-5200 to biamp my front channels. Or may be I could just bridge the amps
          Not if you get the Anthem P5. It's a 5 channel amp and each channel runs separate from the other. It's 325w into 8 ohms, 500 into 4 ohms, and 675 into 2 ohms. It does call for a dedicated 30 amp line; however, I have heard some people say that they run it on a 15 and 20 amp line without any problems. I installed a dedicated 30 amp line for it. I have the Anthem P2 also which I use to drive my 802Ds. I use the P5 to drive my HTM1D, CCM 817s, and my SCMS. It might be worth you taking a look at.

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          • wettou
            Ultra Senior Member
            • May 2006
            • 3389

            #6
            Originally posted by ninja12
            Not if you get the Anthem P5. It's a 5 channel amp and each channel runs separate from the other. It's 325w into 8 ohms, 500 into 4 ohms, and 675 into 2 ohms. It does call for a dedicated 30 amp line; however, I have heard some people say that they run it on a 15 and 20 amp line without any problems. I installed a dedicated 30 amp line for it. I have the Anthem P2 also which I use to drive my 802Ds. I use the P5 to drive my HTM1D, CCM 817s, and my SCMS. It might be worth you taking a look at.
            Anthem! I like Classé a great deal

            I read about the review on the P5 and I am definitely going to try to listen to it! How much power can a 15 amp or 20 amp breaker support?

            check this out

            Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you're a thousand miles from the corn field."Dwight D. Eisenhower

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            • wettou
              Ultra Senior Member
              • May 2006
              • 3389

              #7
              Here is an interesting read



              It sounds like that unless one has active crossover forget Bi-Amping
              Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you're a thousand miles from the corn field."Dwight D. Eisenhower

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