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Should I Bi-Wire or Use Jumpers?



I recently upgraded my 7 year old Kimber 4pr to Speltz Anti-Cable and this made a huuuge improvement... but I want to take it to the next level.

I'm currently using a pair of PSB Stratus Mini's, which can be bi wired but only have one single run of anti-cable along with the stock jumpers in place. My Denon PMA 2000ivr also has a and b speaker outputs for bi wiring.

My question is - will it make any difference if I use a double run on Anti-Cable to bi wire vs. a single run with the addition of anti cable jumpers? The price difference between the two is only about $50.00 so this isnt a concern but jumpers would be slightly easier to manage.

Oh yeah, If my current speaker wire has spades, can I also use jumpers with spades? For example having two sets of spade connections in ony binding post ( speaker wire and jumpers) or will this degrade the sound? Maybe a better option would be banana plugs for the jumpers.
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audiofeil
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I don't agree that bi-wire is better. This is a myth. Actually it depends on the amp, speaker, and listener. I've heard instances in which jumpers outperformed bi-wiring.

Also multiple spades are unnecessary in the majority of jumper configurations.

Most speaker terminals accept bananas terminations as well so a pair of jumpers with bananas at both ends (or one for that matter) make double spades moot.
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