The answer lies in what speakers you use / intend to use and whether they benefit from bi-amping. Personally I have never found much improvement for the £s spent, nowhere near what you get by going to a 2 x mono (which *should* cost about the same)
答案就在您使用/揚聲器打算使用和是否受益於雙功放。我個人從來沒有發覺所花的英鎊，遠不及你要一個2個單聲道（*成本大約=雙功放*）得到很大改善，
Sorry if you’ve covered this before but can you explain a little about what you are trying to achieve? I can only assume that you feel the M1 integrated is not driving the FR-5’s well (enough)?
In very general terms, bi-amping reduces the load placed on each ‘leg’ of the amplifier by the speaker. So in theory, the amp has slightly more headroom than would otherwise be the case. Whether you perceive this as an ‘upgrade’ or not might be debatable as results from bi-amping seem to vary.
I have no direct experience of bi-amping with Roksan kit but I used to run a bi-amped Meridian set up. With respect, I think you’d be heading down a blind alley by purchasing either of the amps you mention and running them with your current integrated amp. The FR-5’s are pretty demanding and I’d go with using monoblocs instead and when funds allow swapping out the integrated for a dedicated pre-amp. That is actually where I experienced the biggest gain in my old set up.
You may be looking for an ‘easy’ upgrade but if I were you I’d be saving for longer and getting the pre/mono’s in one go.
I recently demo'ed the Caspian power amp m2 to see what difference bi amping would make.
I listened with the integrated and then with the power amp in bi amp configuration, was with a pair of B&W CM9's.
There is no real improvement in sound quality but could hear the speakers working better a bit more control in all areas but I can't find it in myself to spend £1000 plus for a slight enhancement .I am sure I could spend that money in other areas to get a better improvement.
I can not comment on how this would compare with monoblocks but I would assume you would need to look at a pre amp instead of an integrated which I guess is a slightly different game and there will be many here with experience of such set ups who can advise better than I.
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