2 runs of wires or 1 run w/ jumpers


I am considering trying Anti Cables level 3 7' speaker wires. Am I better off using 1 set of wires with jumpers or running 2 sets of 7' wires?
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Showing 3 responses by jmcgrogan2

Very common question with no consensus answer.
I would say that if you know what cable you are going to use, and you can afford it, run two separate runs. If 2 runs of a cable is out of your budget, then single wire and jumpers will do fine.
I'm sure that you will get others who will say differently.
03-24-15: Zd542
Not true. There is an electrical difference. Also, on a speaker that is very sensitive to biwiring like my Vandersteen's, I can tell 100% of the time in a blind test. The difference is so big, its like swapping a component.

I'm curious Zd542 if you are comparing apples with apples. By this I mean are you comparing (2) $1000 cables to (1) $2000 cables?

I was big on bi-wiring years ago, but as I started using more and more exotic cables, my sound got better and better. However, the prices are so high that I can no longer afford to bi-wire. I am much happier with the single run and a high quality jumper than I ever enjoyed with lesser wires in bi-wire format.

Obviously, YMMV.
Zd542, don't let Audiolabyrinth hear you say that a $400 AQ cable beat his $3500 cable, he'll pop a gasket! LOL!

Congrats!! You are indeed lucky, I haven't been so fortunate. I have heard some great inexpensive wire, Cerious Technologies Nano Reference (CTNR), but my current reference is priced at $6300 for an 8 foot pair (High Fidelity CT-1E). I can't afford to biwire at those prices.
Yes, they do sound better than any biwire cables that I have tried, though I do have to admit that I've never tried any biwire cables that were priced at more than $3k for both runs.

The best I have heard in my system, to my tastes were the Acoustic Zen Double Barrel. Perhaps a double run of AZ Absolutes, or HFC CT-1 would be a fairer test to pit against the single run of HFC CT-1E.

I liked the CTNR better than the AQ Gibraltar speaker cable that I had, and it cost less than half the price.