two pre-amps vs. splitters

[olds1959special]

If I use an RCA splitter from my DAC to send two sets of L and R to two pre-amps, going to four amps in a bi-amp setup, will this sound better than using splitters on the output of a single pre-amp?

 

[dpturner]

oh no...

 

[DVDdoug]

The splitter is better, and with 2 preamps you STILL need to split to both pairs of preamp inputs. With multiple sources you'd need multiple splitters.

With 2 preamps any adjustments will have to be done to both. But it would allow you to adjust the levels separately if the power amps don't have volume-gain controls.

...Usually with bi-amping you have an active line-level crossover instead of a splitter but that means you can't have speaker-level crossovers built-into the speakers.

 

[Chrispy]

Passive bi-amping likely has no advantage to begin with....

 

[Curvature]

If I use an RCA splitter from my DAC to send two sets of L and R to two pre-amps, going to four amps in a bi-amp setup, will this sound better than using splitters on the output of a single pre-amp?

You of course realize that this can't end here? The splitting must continue.

2² amps is just the beginning. The true goal is n. Octoamping (2³)? Amateurs' play. Even decahexamping (2⁴) is will only get you so far.