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My experience with bi-wiring

Not wanting to debate the issue, which has been done ad nauseum, I just wanted to share my experience in case it's of help to anyone else in a similar position. Originally I single wired my speakers with jumpers made from my speaker cable, but I had been curious about bi-wiring and read all I could both pro and con. The main thing I gathered was that it is a contentious subject that there is no consensus on. I was reluctant to spend the money on something that may not pan out, but as the maker of my speaker recommended bi-wiring, I finally decided to give it a try.  I was impressed that there was a worthy improvement in detail/clarity across the frequency spectrum.  Admittedly any change is speaker dependent and YMMV, but if your speaker brand advocates it, I suggest it's worth a try.  
xs1137
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xs1137 OP
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Fortunately I wasn’t running real expensive cable, so the investment for another set wasn’t too dear, and was worth the improvement.
I’m very happy with my speakers, and if Albert said I should bi-wire, who am I to argue? ;)
mglik
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A rather unique and clever way to bi-wire was invented by Jeff at Silversmith with his Fidelium speaker cables. The bi-wire addition is a jumper-like length of cable that connects the four binding posts in a "c". And the single wires connect to half way in the "c". In this way, both sets of posts are connected without a jumper going from one to the other.
And of note, an 8' pair is $1200 and the bi-wire is $175. I replaced a $6K pair of bi-wire cables that are now "junk" in comparison. Many say and could be that they are the "best regardless of cost".

speakermaster
738 posts
 
If it is recommended it is usually an improvement in some respects but when you go to better cables a lot of the time it will sound better than the biwire option.
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lalitk
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+2, @akg_ca

OP,

Just filter out the noise and the BS, enjoy the improvements in detail/clarity with bi-wiring. Tannoy is another brand of speakers that advocates and greatly benefits from bi-wiring.
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audioman58
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Biwire is mostly a gimmick because most speakers are not truly biwire for each driver independant wire from the Xover is true biwire,most have quasi biwired meaning a jumper internally top to bottom ,just like the cheap jumper that comes with the speakers , that’s why biwiring 
formost speakers is a joke , just make your own jumpers. I bought awg12 Neotech Teflon OCC Copper wire and bought Furutech copper gold spades  that have thick dual screws to secure wires in place which 
BTW much better then solder which is a poor conductor 5% silver or less.
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