From my limited knowledge and perceptions, here are some advantages of biwiring.
1. The larger magnetic fields created by the bass signals don't modulate that of the high-frequency circuit.
2. Especially with a 3-way system (or at least one with a low--below, say, 1KHz--crossover), one can use lots of less-expensive conductors to optimize damping factor (= definition and control) of the bass system.
3. With either crossover, one can still spend less money for the optimum combinations of conductors to achieve the quality one wants. For instance, one can use quite-expensive-but-smaller-gage super-high-quality conductors (such as AudioQuest's KE-4, a 2-pairs, all-silver cable) for the tweeters while using a larger-gage, less-expensive cable (such as AQ's CV-6) on the bass/midrange.
Most of the advantages of biwiring can be achieved by single-biwiring, ie using the various conductors of a single cable for the 2 parts of the speaker.
I just bought a trio of premium AQ cable for my fronts. For the Aerial CC3B centerchannel 3-way speaker, I used inexpensive-but-high-gage Type 6 on the woofer and KE-6 (3 pairs of silver plus the DBS system) on the midrange/treble. For my 2-way (high-crossover) Kindel PLS-As, I used KE-4 (2 pairs of silver) on the trebel and KE-6 on the bass/midrange.
My system has never sounded better, with sweet, clean, detailed treble and midrange and great bass energy and control. BTW, I was using quite-good AQ cable previously. LOVE those silver conductors!
1. The larger magnetic fields created by the bass signals don't modulate that of the high-frequency circuit.
2. Especially with a 3-way system (or at least one with a low--below, say, 1KHz--crossover), one can use lots of less-expensive conductors to optimize damping factor (= definition and control) of the bass system.
3. With either crossover, one can still spend less money for the optimum combinations of conductors to achieve the quality one wants. For instance, one can use quite-expensive-but-smaller-gage super-high-quality conductors (such as AudioQuest's KE-4, a 2-pairs, all-silver cable) for the tweeters while using a larger-gage, less-expensive cable (such as AQ's CV-6) on the bass/midrange.
Most of the advantages of biwiring can be achieved by single-biwiring, ie using the various conductors of a single cable for the 2 parts of the speaker.
I just bought a trio of premium AQ cable for my fronts. For the Aerial CC3B centerchannel 3-way speaker, I used inexpensive-but-high-gage Type 6 on the woofer and KE-6 (3 pairs of silver plus the DBS system) on the midrange/treble. For my 2-way (high-crossover) Kindel PLS-As, I used KE-4 (2 pairs of silver) on the trebel and KE-6 on the bass/midrange.
My system has never sounded better, with sweet, clean, detailed treble and midrange and great bass energy and control. BTW, I was using quite-good AQ cable previously. LOVE those silver conductors!