bi amp

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Yamaha manuals do not make any power benefit claims, but they say this setup offers better sound quality! Also it clearly says it is using four internal amplifiers. Are these false claims?

My ears seem to confirm these claims. Hope its not placebo..

It's not a 100% false claim but rather more of a matter of semantics. Basically you are using two driven channels from the receiver to drive one speaker array. Some of the people on this forum will attempt to belittle you but the bottom line is what you are most-likely accomplishing is send more power to each speaker depending on your receiver setup. Is it really true "bi-amping"? No, not really because you don't have an active crossover but it can make a noticeable improvement and that is why Polk offers the option on almost all of the speakers they sell and almost all electronic companies offer it too. Using the term as loosely as they do is part marketing gimmick but there is still some possible benefit by running two driven channels from a receiver to the same speaker depending on how the receiver is operating.

I used to have my Polks set-up to the Pioneer Elite "bi-amp" feature and they did sound better. An improvement that you don't have to convince yourself of, unlike bi-wiring or "breaking your speaker wires in" which requires a little imagination to convince yourself that there really is an audible improvement. Any so-called improvement that you have to convince yourself of over time or one that people claim can only be heard by youngsters because ears of people over 40 can't detect it, isn't worth pursuing. That's the real "placebo".

So to end the marketing gimmick aspect of it and not to further "offend" some audiophiles in this world who seem to get their panites in a wad over the subject, the industry should probably call it something else to differentiate passive bi-amping and using two separate channels from a receiver to drive one speaker array from true bi-amping.

Basically you are just wiring up your receiver differently and if you can hear an improvement who really cares what anyone else thinks. The same goes for baking your speaker wires in an oven. If it works for you that's all that really matters. I'd rather have a set-up that I think sounds great and I enjoy than to build one just to win the approval of anyone.