Can I bi amp using the front and rear pre amp outputs on my onkyo rc270?

I don't think so. The channel data should remain true to the source.

I agree with the man smoking his cigar, drinking his single malt, outside the Mars Hotel located close to the spot Christ dropped a shoe.

We have plenty of threads covering bi-amping with receivers. Get your read on my man.

Its just not true.

Yes it is.

http://www.gcaudio.com/resources/howtos/biamping.html

If you insist that what we do is not bi-amping, what would you have us call it?

Getting conned.

http://www.hometheater.com/content/onkyo-tx-sr608-av-receiver-ht-labs-measures

I couldn't find any test specs for the 270 but on the 608 you get 82.3 watts per channel when 5 channels are being driven. Drops down to 30.9 watts per channel when 7 channels are being driven. 61.8 watts doesn't really seem like it could push your speakers a whole lot.

I'm thinking in terms of either a five channel amp like a 985 where I would use four channels to bi-amp the fronts and the fifth for center; or a six-channel like a 956/976 bridged to 4 channels for just-bi-amping.

My main issues are with how the A5s sound for music in two-channel mode, so that's the main motivator.

Just run the 5 channel Adcom like you are suposed to. 1 channel per channel.

Must be the new hip thing to do, judging from the amount of threads on the same subject. Just goes to show how marketing can get you to do whatever they want.

Yep, or go 3 or 5 channel.

dnoyeB wrote: »

I hate it when people say your not bi-amping without an external amplifier and a crossover. Its just not true. Sure, you can do more with a crossover and external amplifier. For those of us that have Receivers with 7 channel internal amplifiers and only intend to run 5 speakers, bi-amping is a nice way to push your mains without wasting the extra 2 channels you otherwise wouldn't use.

If you insist that what we do is not bi-amping, what would you have us call it?

FYI: I have an Onkyo 270.

I've posted on this topic more times than I could possibly count, but this post is entirely incorrect.

With the exception of the very few receivers that have dedicated monoblocks for each amp channel, AVR bi-amping would be more accurately described as bi-wiring.

Consider the fact that most AVR's power rating is rated with 2(or even a just 1) channels driven at a time. Suppose that the AVR's maximum power output is 100wpc with 2 channels driven. That power rating goes down as more channels are added to the equation.

Knowing this, how is the amp going to suddenly be able to produce twice as much power because a speaker is hooked up to two pairs of outputs? It can't. It's maximum output is 100wpc x 2 channels. Connecting those same two speakers to an additional two outputs is going to make no difference. The two speakers will still be receiving the exact same amount of wattage as they were before.

So...I do insist that what you're doing is not bi-amping(despite what your owners manual might say), and I suggest that you should call it bi-wiring.

For the record...yes, I have tried bi-"amping" with my Onkyo TX-SR606, as well as played around with it on a couple different AVR's at friends houses. In not a single instance did I find there to be a single iota of a difference in sound quality, nor have the vast majority of people I've talked to that have tried it. It's a waste of time and money. You're far better off upgrading the jumpers on your speakers, and investing in a decent pair of speaker cables.