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In Reply to: RE: Bi-Wire posted by jtpzenith on May 01, 2016 at 12:01:44
I recommend reading an on-line article "Why bi-wiring has no benefits".
http://www.achievum.eu/bi-wiring.html
My Martin-Logan Summit speakers have bi-wiring connections, but the user's manual says there is no advantage to bi-wiring! M-L says they left the connections only so users who already had had dual cables could use them! I originally bi-wired the Summits but then changed to single wiring, using my DIY bi-wire cables doubled up to each terminal. I couldn't hear much difference; it may have been slightly better but it was certainly not worse. My system is now sounding the best it's ever been, but that's mainly due to a change in tubes.The Summits may be a special case because they have a separate built-in bass amplifier. Nevertheless, I now wouldn't bother with bi-wiring.
garf
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the user's manual says there is no advantage to bi-wiring!
you find a contrary position with the "flagship" Neolith developed ten years later:
"This connection method replaces the jumper clips installed on the binding posts with individual runs of speaker wire from your amplifier. This doubles the signal carrying conductors from the amplifier to the speaker, thus direct-coupling each portion of the crossover to the amplifier ."
Biwiring justt puts more money in the cable manufacturer's pockets, nothing more.
Audioquest often charges the same for bi-wire or single wire.
If your speakers have bi-wire terminals you eithet need to run bi-wire or jumpers. Those brass links usually sound pretty bad.
I have always either used two single runs from amp to speakers or now a bi-wired pair of AQ Rocket 88.
It depends on the the speaker and the cables. Lots of variables, no one way is always right.
Have you done any blind listening tests to support your claim about the brass jumpers? Even if the brass jumpers impacted the sound (which btw I know they don't) it would be far less expensive to replace the jumpers with 14 gauge speaker cable rather than waste money on a another run of wire.
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