Bi-wiring/Bi-amping...worth the fuss and expense?


Does bi-wiring and/or bi-amping justify the added expense of additional cable and/or amp? If so, why don't all speaker manufacturers (like Dynaudio) provide this capability? Assuming it does, is bi-amping meaningfully better than bi-wiring?
sydneysophia

Showing 1 response by sounding_board_audio

The advantages of bi-wiring may be situational, but to say that each wire delivers the same signal is misinformed or disingenuous about the arguments put forth in favor of bi-wiring - about which many people disagree.

The main argument is that having separate wires for highs and lows carries different signals back from the *speakers*, i.e., back EMF. It doesn't have to do so much with carrying different signals from the *amp* in question.

The Vandersteen site has one of the more concise faq entries on this subject.