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Single wire or bi-wire for Egglestones Andra II

I could not resist a great deal from my local dealer and pulled a trigger on buying the Eggleston Andra II.
Could anyone share their experience or advise on how they sound best: with a single wires and good quality jumpers (cardas), or using bi-wire speaker cables which will cost much more for a good quality cables.
denon1

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ontjesr
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I have Andra II's and they were ordered specifically with single wire terminations -- not bi-wired. I'm using some "unique" cables which use CNT's (carbon nanotubes) -- they sound fabulous, IMO. Those dual 12 inch woofers in a push/push configuration inside that "vault" they call a speaker are down right amazing.

Glad I'm not moving them into my room; like you'll be (212 lbs is HEAVY).

I also hope you have as much enjoyment out of them as I have had.

What's your amp????
ontjesr
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Denon1 - IMO the Andra II's WANT at least 200 or more watts to make 'em purr and with the Plinus, IMO, you should be good to go as they say. Should sound marvelous. If I had the dual set of posts, I'd definitely save up the cash to get some good bi-wired cables as Stringreen & Kurt_tank suggests. You can also call Jim (Thompson) at Eggleston & chat w/him -- nice guy.

I was pushing them with dual McIntosh MC275's in mono/parallel (150 to 180 wpc) and replaced them with McIntosh 300 watt tube mono's (MC2301's). I usually listen to between 3 & 30 watts -- but a huge difference with the 2301's (of course, the 2301's have improved everything with their great S/N ratio of -117db).

Jsd52756 - too bad for both you & Eggleston -- these speakers are worth every effort to audition.
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