I'm am looking to upgrade the amplification on my front floor standing speakers. Currently they are being driven by a HK3490 receiver, 120Wx2.
I've read about the benefits of vertical bi-amping, having two seperate amplifiers, one for each speaker, and I'm wondering if this would be worth trying.
For instance if I went with a single 2-channel amp, the Emotiva XPA-2 for $700, that would give me 250W into each speaker. OTOH if I went with two UPA-2's, which are 125Wx2, and vertically bi-amped them, I would still get 250Wx2 per speaker but the amplification would be separated and for $200 less than the XPA-2.
Is there any drawback to this I am missing? It seems with vertical bi-amping you would get me better quality amplification for cheaper.