Hi Everyone, Thank you for the responses! Perhaps I should explain myself further.... This time I think I have gone off the deep end.
First let me explain my speakers. They are Wilson-Benesch Act One's. It is a three way speaker with two Scan Speak drivers and a relevator tweeter. The speaker is constructed out of Solid Cherry Wood and Carbon Fiber which rests on a thick metal ported base. The speakers can be tri-wired but come with thick plates to jump the three binding posts and allow use of a single cable. The trouble is that as with most jumper plates, mine plates sound horrible...
If you aren't familiar with these speakers, you can see them on theWilson Benesch Website
After trying many methods of joining the binding posts via jumpers, stranded bare wire, solid wire, etc, and using one pair of speaker cables, I have decided to just go ahead and tri-wire the speakers.
This has posed an interesting dilemma because when a cable is split up for the purpose of internal bi-wiring or tri-wiring, it looses virtues in the process. I have found that the shotgun approach is the best. And... different cables from various manufacturers have better attributes. Today I use a pair of Kimber Select KS-3035 for the midrange only and a full range pair of Cardas Golden Cross for the low frequency. This produces astonishing results from the top-level mids all the way through the lower bass region. The Golden Cross is about the best bass only cable I've ever listened to and the KS-3035 is a fantastic mid-range cable (I however do not like the highs of this kimber product). Currently I use a 1 inch solid core silver wire to jumper the midrange to the high frequency and I'm not too happy with it.
My next step in the tri-wire fiasco is to find a good cable for only the highs on my speakers. I realize that experts advise against mixing and matching speaker cables but... why? IF the end result is a more listenable system and better overall dynamics what's the harm other than a brief spat with insanity?
First let me explain my speakers. They are Wilson-Benesch Act One's. It is a three way speaker with two Scan Speak drivers and a relevator tweeter. The speaker is constructed out of Solid Cherry Wood and Carbon Fiber which rests on a thick metal ported base. The speakers can be tri-wired but come with thick plates to jump the three binding posts and allow use of a single cable. The trouble is that as with most jumper plates, mine plates sound horrible...
If you aren't familiar with these speakers, you can see them on theWilson Benesch Website
After trying many methods of joining the binding posts via jumpers, stranded bare wire, solid wire, etc, and using one pair of speaker cables, I have decided to just go ahead and tri-wire the speakers.
This has posed an interesting dilemma because when a cable is split up for the purpose of internal bi-wiring or tri-wiring, it looses virtues in the process. I have found that the shotgun approach is the best. And... different cables from various manufacturers have better attributes. Today I use a pair of Kimber Select KS-3035 for the midrange only and a full range pair of Cardas Golden Cross for the low frequency. This produces astonishing results from the top-level mids all the way through the lower bass region. The Golden Cross is about the best bass only cable I've ever listened to and the KS-3035 is a fantastic mid-range cable (I however do not like the highs of this kimber product). Currently I use a 1 inch solid core silver wire to jumper the midrange to the high frequency and I'm not too happy with it.
My next step in the tri-wire fiasco is to find a good cable for only the highs on my speakers. I realize that experts advise against mixing and matching speaker cables but... why? IF the end result is a more listenable system and better overall dynamics what's the harm other than a brief spat with insanity?