I went ahead and bought the Depth I. The Decent is huge. I think the Depth will work just fine - if not - I can always add another! I asked my dealer about biwiring/amping and this particular guy said I didn't need to do it. Excuse my igornace though...not that familiar with bi anything - lol. I have a Pioneer Elite SC-05, what do you think the best way to do this would be?
I agree that the Depth i should work fine for you.
As for bi-amping, you don't necessarily "need" to do it. "Need" is a relative term. You can run your speakers just fine like you are. But if you want to get the best performance and sound out of them for music and movies, bi-amping them will help you achieve this.
Honestly, though, your home theater receiver is probably fine for movie surround sound decoding, but it is also your biggest limiting factor on the quality of sound you get from your Vistas, especially for music. The Vistas need higher current, more power, and higher quality power than it is likely going to provide. There are numerous threads on this forum discussing the need for separate preamp/amp combinations to get the best performance out of electrostatic speakers. Home theater receivers just generally don't cut it with these speakers. You may not realize what you are missing until you audition some quality separates with your speakers.
So if music is important to you, then you may want to consider an upgrade down the road to a quality preamp/amp combination, using your HT Receiver strictly as a surround sound decoder. In the meantime, it probably is possible for you to bi-amp using this receiver. You would just have to split the receiver's preamp outputs with a Y-adapter, then send part of the signal to the receiver's amp channels and on to the woofers of the Vista, and part of the signal to another higher quality amp, and on to the panel of the Vista. The only caveat is your other amp has to match the voltage gain of your amp in the Pioneer.
Sorry, didn't mean to overwhelm you or derail the thread. Just giving you some food for thought for future upgrades to get the most out of your Vistas. By the way, if your dealer that told you that you don't need to bi-amp the Vistas is the same guy that sold you a home theater receiver to drive them, then I wouldn't be giving his recommendations too much value in the future. You will get a lot more knowledgeable recommendations and experience with these particular speakers on this forum than you will from just about any dealer. Lots of dealers just really don't have a clue about Martin Logan speakers.
