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Bi Wire Tweak

A friend told me when I biwire to leave only the jumpers in place on the negative posts. I did this and the improvement in sound is fantastic. Why should this work ? My speakers are Sonus Faber EA2's and my cables are Wireworld Gold Eclipse III biwire. A cheap piece of brass jumper made a great difference. Why ?
mikeyaya
listener57
730 posts
 
One more time for those of us in the slow group. This tweak leaves the negative posts still connected, in addition to both upper and lower sets of posts each receiving their own set of speaker wires, as in traditional bi-wiring?
mikeyaya OP
35 posts
 
TO Listener57,

You got it.
wadedwyer
37 posts
 
I think i've seen an older pair of biwire speakers (KEFs maybe) that had a single negative terminal. The configuration was arranged horizontally like this...

(+) (-) (+)

I'm curious now, so I am off to play with my jumpers.
vvrinc
323 posts
 
Well...?
(I am afraid of blowing up something, so awaiting conclusions from the braver-than-me caballeros.)
mitch2
3,689 posts
 
Do you guys ever read input by Jon Risch over on AA Cable Asylum? He is a regular poster and fairly knowledgeable/helpful about things related to cables, room treatment, and other topics. This link, and the related follow-ups on AA, may clear up some of your questions about the negative ground hookup.

http://java.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.pl?forum=cables&n=13441&highlight=bi-wire+tweak+jon+risch&r=&session=
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