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Novice Bi-wire confusion

Bare with me, this is new ground. I purchased a pair of speakers that are "bi-wired". Meaning I have 4 post in the back. Obviously 2 for the tweeter, two for the woofer. I have read many threads on this subject and want to know what is the best way of connecting these post. Is it, buying a cable that attaches to all 4 post or a regular cable connected to 2 post, then use a "jumper" from those 2 to the other 2. If jumpers are the way to go, should it be cables or those metal connectors? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
cwells
trelja
3,223 posts
 
Some might criticize my thinking, but I always plan for the long term. Maybe trading off on the intial path to ultimately get to the best destination in the cheapest, fastest way. My recommendation is to initially buy the best full range cable you can afford that mates well to your system/tastes. Use a 10 or 12 gauge silver wire(only about $10 to do both speakers) to jump to the other set of binding posts(I would probably jumper to the tweeter in this case). Then, when you have enough money for a good full range cable to the tweeter, go with a double biwire set up. I use a double biwire setup in my system to very good effect. By the way, your Bedini 25/25 is one heck of a sleeper solid state amp.
fletchj
91 posts
 
The advice from Trelja, is by far the best way to go. You will have a much better sound than Bi-wiring with economical wires, and in the future you will have the best sound possible. The silver jumpers, I love it. Bravo.
cwells OP
5 posts
 
Thanks for all the post!
sugarbrie
3,854 posts
 
I agree with Telja idea; I am think of doing it myself with my den/home office system. It really depends on what speakers and what system we are talking about. If you have a pair of say B&W CDM Series with equivalent electronics, and your budget can afford a pair of MIT T2 Biwire; these are a good match for this class of speaker, so get the Bi-Wire now. If you have a pair of B&W Nautilus 802 then get the better single wire and save up for the other half.
wcwhisper
3 posts
 
Well Novice, you really opened a can of worms with your question, but , it is a very good question to ask. Wiring is generally a personnel preference dependent on the sound you are wanting to achieve. When you have the capabilities and equipment to bi-wire it is generally the way to go. With my system I tried jumpers and bi-wiring and was extremely happy with seperate runs of speaker cables to the hi's and low's on each speaker. This will end up costing more cash, but if you have invested a fair sum of money in your system why stop now? I use 2 pair of Kimber Cable 8-TC and Kimbers Silver Streak interconnects.
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