I have a pioneer 1018 and have a pair of 7001sc for front speakers. The reciver can Bi amp. Should I bi amp my 7001s? What kind of difference am I going to see?
Here's how it works.
If you single-amp your 7001SC, the single-amp will drive both the 1"tweeters and the 6.5" woofers. Your internal amp will drive your 10" subwoofer.
If you bi-amp your 7001SC, your 1st External amp will drive both the 1"tweeters and the 6.5" woofers. Your 2nd External amp will just Send the Signal to your Internal Amp, and your Internal amp will drive your 10" subwoofer. In other words, your 2nd External amp does absolutely NOTHING but just simply send the Signals to your Internal Amp.
So even when you use a single amp to drive your BP7001SC, you are in fact
BI-AMPING it!!! The 1st amp (external amp) drives the 1" tweeters & 6.5" woofers, and the 2nd amp (internal amp) drives the 10" subwoofer.
Now on the CLR3000, you could externally bi-amp: 1st external amp drives the 1" tweeter, 2nd external amp drives the 6.5" woofers, and the internal amp drives the 10" subwoofer. This would be in effect TRI-AMPING your CLR3000.
But single-amp, bi-amp, & tri-amp does nothing for me. I've tried them all.
Here is a pic of when I was using THREE Acurus Amps (3 channels) to Tri-amp:
http://s225.photobucket.com/albums/dd75/AcuDefTechGuy/?action=view¤t=IMG_5986.jpg
That was a total waste.