That's a good idea. No fancy power, but I think it is "reasonably clean" here in Madison WI. No fancy signal cables. All my interconnects and balanced medium grade and the speaker wires are standard 12 gauge wire.
It's set up in my living room which is 14' X 24' with 8' ceilings. Probably not optimized but with all things equal with the two systems, I would have thought I'd hear a difference.
I have been comparing my two systems side X side and cannot hear a difference.
My setup:
I have two systems that share the same set of speakers with DC relays to switch between the two systems. The setup allows easy switching for comparison.
System 1: Bluesound vault feeds my McIntosh C47 with...
When people choose to bi-amp their systems it seems they often use a cheap class D amplifier for the woofers. Why is it considered okay to use a cheap amp for woofers while using a high-grade amplifier for the higher frequency drivers?