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RE: Need some bi-wire counseling and opinions

There are two types of bi-wire speaker cable configurations, one is an internal bi-wire cable configuration, the other is an external bi-wire cable configuration. The internal bi-wire cable type means a single run of cable features two separate sets of conductors within the cable, some intended for the high-posts, the others for the low-posts. The internal bi-wire cable conductors are terminated with one pair of connectors at the amplifier end, and two pairs of connectors at the loudspeaker end. The two conductive paths are kept separate all the way from the amplifier output to the two separate sets of bi-wire binding posts, so it completely follows the concept of bi-wiring to avoid the back EMF of the woofer from affecting the tweeter. However, it's better to use two completely separate runs of speaker cable, one for the high-posts, and the other for the low-posts, that are joined together at the amplifier end with a single set of connectors, which is called an external bi-wire cable configuration. Two separate runs allows the high-post conductors and low-post conductors to be spaced far enough apart from each other to eliminate the influence of magnetic fields between the two separate cable runs, which is a worthwhile thing if one wishes to better avoid interactions between the two conductive paths.


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