Cheap bi-wiring?


What would be a good approach to assemble an inexpensive bi-wire speaker cable?
heyhorse
Go to audioasylum.com and do a search for DIY Speaker cable and go from there. You might also want to check out TNT-Audio web site DIY section at http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/tweaks.html Have fun and good luck - Dan.
I think the cheapest way is to get 4 cables(2 per side) and ensure that your connections at your amp can accomodate both terminations. Will there be enough room to place 2 spades at each terminal, say on top of each other? If not, then does your amp have 5 way binding posts? If so, then you can use spades and bananas, one cable having spades and the other having bananas. My bi-wires were terminated by the factory and had both wires joined into 1 pair of terminations for connection to the amp but they have 2 pairs at the speaker end. There are many posters here who believe that you should use a better than average single wire vs bi-wiring using an average cable. As it is system dependant, only you will know in the end. Good luck and report back on your findings.
There are two auctions on Ebay right now for Kimber cable. One is the 4PR, which is a single run of 22.5ft and the other is a 10ft pair of 8TC. You could split the 4PR into a 10ft pair for the HF and use the 8TC for the LF, re-terminate. Go to Ebay and search under "kimber". There are always bulk auctions going on. Some are good values.