My receiver (Arcam AVR 300) will allow me to redirect my 6th and 7th channels (rear surrounds) to biamp the main speakers. I believe that the beneifits of bi amping will outweigh the additional surround ambiance provided by the 6th channel (my room is wired for 6.1).
michael the effects of biamping are greatly improved when their is no xover in the speakers and you use seperate amps for each driver with an active xover.
so i would agree with landroval try it and see.
i have the h/k 525 which is a 7.1 reciever and am using all 7 channels and find the benefit of the extra channels very rewarding.
by the way i have been looking very closely at that reciever you have.
if you could give a detailed oppinion on it's quality and features, that would be much apprecieated.
many on this board are wondering about that system.
their has been a thread started talking about that unit.
i had gone to audition it but didn't have much time to evaluate but posted my 2 cents on what i had found.
if you really feel ambitious you could revive that thread.