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Re: Bi-wire vs. single run.

Hi Jeff,

This was the first time, when trying biwire vs. non-biwired, that I A) used high quality jumpers instead of the cheap brass platted jumpers that came with the speakers, and B) eliminated the second binding post and jumpers for the final comparison. The latter giving the greatest improvement. Every other time I tried this comparison I was using cheap brass platted jumpers, and as a result, biwiring sounded better, well no wonder! One other thing I wanted to point out, before trying this experiment, I was not too happy with the solid core silver biwired speaker cables I was using. Actually let me back up a little, I was happy with them, until I tried an old pair of Acrotec copper cables I had lying around. The copper Acrotec had a much more pleasing midrange, with richer and more complex harmonics and textures. Although it did lack the silvers clarity, detail, and definition. As a result of this experiment, I became aware of a short coming with my silver speaker cables that I could no longer live with, or so I thought, and thus the search began for new cables. With the non-biwire hook up, the silver cable now has much of the pleasing qualities of the copper Acrotec, along with improvements in EVERY other area. There is nothing quite like the feeling of making an upgrade that costs you zero $'s. Also when I do upgrade my speaker cables, I wont be throwing away money, and quality, by biwiring. Thanks for the advice Jeff!


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