Bi-Wire


I am new to HT, so pardon me if this is dumb question.

What is the use of bi-wiring speaker cables? Are they only used if you have an amp that uses A and B Channels or if you Bi-Amp.

Let us say I have a regular recvr like an Onkyo 595 and I buy speakers that are bi-wirable, would I benefit by bi-wring them??
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Showing 1 response by marakanetz

After several researches and trials, I've realised that biwiring your speakers can bring you more disadvantages than benefits since it changes an equivalent circuit of speaker-crossover combo. Another words your speaker cables become more to participate as a part of a speaker-amplifier circuitry adding more reactance. Reactance is non-ohmic components of overall impedance which we usually do not want to deal with in ideal case.
My first and the last experience with bi-wired cables was the following: I simply used the same cables in the single-wired setup in different positions: lower binding posts -> jumpers to upper binding posts and the same with upper binding posts and then trivial bi-wired connection. The first result brought me forwarded bottom and lower-midrange. The second result brougt me forwarded top-end with upper-mids which is certainly much brigher than the previous. The third result was balanced but everything was too airy with no presentation. Finally I've sold biwired and staying with bare wires threaded through the holes of the WBT binding posts of my speakers with no jumpers -- simply the best connection that I could think of.
Extra pairs of binding posts on your speakers can give you an advantage of biamping them rather than biwiring. There are some ideas to use for bottom end one pair of single-wired cables and for top-end another pair with best-on-your-ear matched brands -- at least that makes more sence to me than just blindly buying bi-wire cables IMHO.