Hi Crusaderlord,
There certainly seems to be more debate around the benefits of bi-wiring whereas not many people would dispute the benefits of bi-amping. Basically the theory behind bi-wiring is to separate the wires going between the different drive units of your speakers, so that lower power, more delicate treble signals do not get deteriorated by the more powerful bass signal. People wonder how that works - after all how could your amp possible know which signals to send down which wires? But the theory is actually sound because an electrical circuit involves the flow of electrons from the negative terminal to the positive terminal and because in the case of a bi-wireable speaker for instance the circuit for each drive unit includes a filter which only allows certain frequencies through, the characteristics of electrical inductance mean that only the frequencies allowed through by the filter can complete the circuit.
Sceptics might argue that the benefit you hear could just as easily be down to doubling the cross section of the conductors, which should reduce the resistance and capacitance of the conductor (my knowledge getting slightly shaky here admittedly, but I think that in theory both capacitance and resistance should be kept low in a speaker cable).
Other arguments suggest that whilst you found a benefit by upgrading to your new Chord cables (was it £34/m in a bi-wire configuration?), perhaps you would have found just as big a benefit by upgrading to a single wire cable of £68/m for instance.
At it's most basic level bi-amping simply doubles the current that your amp can supply to the speakers, which benefits dynamics and controls the speakers much better. If you believe the theory of the benefits of bi-wiring, then in theory bi-amping extends the principle much further - separating the high/low frequency signals right through the power amp section of both integrated and power amps, to the point where the signals leave the pre-amp section of your integrated amp.
Theory aside not many people would argue that bi-amping does bring a substantial benefit if you're using a power amp which matches the power amp section of your integrated (aka A32 & P35). Personally I found a huge benefit, and whilst I've seen plenty of people disputing the benefits of bi-wiring, I've never seen anyone question the benefits of bi-amping.
Hope that helps....
By the way where is that people are seeing the CD192 for £399, I've heard seen that mentioned more than once? (Doesn't mean you've convinced me to stick with Arcam for the CD Joel!
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There certainly seems to be more debate around the benefits of bi-wiring whereas not many people would dispute the benefits of bi-amping. Basically the theory behind bi-wiring is to separate the wires going between the different drive units of your speakers, so that lower power, more delicate treble signals do not get deteriorated by the more powerful bass signal. People wonder how that works - after all how could your amp possible know which signals to send down which wires? But the theory is actually sound because an electrical circuit involves the flow of electrons from the negative terminal to the positive terminal and because in the case of a bi-wireable speaker for instance the circuit for each drive unit includes a filter which only allows certain frequencies through, the characteristics of electrical inductance mean that only the frequencies allowed through by the filter can complete the circuit.
Sceptics might argue that the benefit you hear could just as easily be down to doubling the cross section of the conductors, which should reduce the resistance and capacitance of the conductor (my knowledge getting slightly shaky here admittedly, but I think that in theory both capacitance and resistance should be kept low in a speaker cable).
Other arguments suggest that whilst you found a benefit by upgrading to your new Chord cables (was it £34/m in a bi-wire configuration?), perhaps you would have found just as big a benefit by upgrading to a single wire cable of £68/m for instance.
At it's most basic level bi-amping simply doubles the current that your amp can supply to the speakers, which benefits dynamics and controls the speakers much better. If you believe the theory of the benefits of bi-wiring, then in theory bi-amping extends the principle much further - separating the high/low frequency signals right through the power amp section of both integrated and power amps, to the point where the signals leave the pre-amp section of your integrated amp.
Theory aside not many people would argue that bi-amping does bring a substantial benefit if you're using a power amp which matches the power amp section of your integrated (aka A32 & P35). Personally I found a huge benefit, and whilst I've seen plenty of people disputing the benefits of bi-wiring, I've never seen anyone question the benefits of bi-amping.
Hope that helps....
By the way where is that people are seeing the CD192 for £399, I've heard seen that mentioned more than once? (Doesn't mean you've convinced me to stick with Arcam for the CD Joel!
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