So I was wondering around the forums and a question came to mind. I have a pair for b&w 604 S3 and I was thinking since the crown is soo good at reproducing low bass and not so great at mids and highs why not bi amp the speakers and use my Denon x4400h for the highs and mids and the crown for the lows. I don't have the crown yet but I would love to hear your opinions on this. I'm not big on the idea to get another separate amp just for the highs soo yeah.
We have 2 options
Pre amp yamaha wxc-50
Amp for lows crown xls 2502
Amp for highs and mids Denon x4400h
I will use the link out of the crown to give signal to the Denon. But the question is does it worth the trouble or do I need a separate "better" amp do drive my highs?
Or
From the
pre amp Yamaha wxc-50
To the Denon digital in
And then to the crown. Via RCA to xlr..
Sure I could eliminate completely the Yamaha pre amp and use the Denon but I don't think the pre amp section of the Denon is as good as the Yamaha.
Thank you for your time.
I have not found the Crown's to be inferior to "Audiophile" amps in the highs.
Like any amp, the crowns will behave like a "wire with gain" as long as they are run within their design spec/ratings - the nice thing with the Crowns, is the ratings are much broader than most amps - which means they will handle difficult speakers, low impedances, high current demands, with relative ease.
After multiple comparisons, over many years, the Crowns are in my main system for the foreseeable future.
One thing to keep in mind: The DSP is "in circuit" and imposes a 10ms delay (roughly) - if you are using all Crown for your BiAmping, this won't be an issue... but if you are mixing/matching amps to biamp, you need to make sure you run something like Dirac which will correct this kind of time anomaly....