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Bi-wire options

i thought it would be better to post this question in a cable circle than out in the open. here are some bi-wire options that i have run across and would like to get your impressions on the sonic benefits of each.
1) cable attached to the upper posts.
2) cables attached to the lower posts.
3) keep the two neg. posts shorted and cables attached to the upper or lower posts.
4) attach the pos. cable to the upper post and the neg. cable to the lower post (diagonally)

thanks,
marvin
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In #1 and #2, if you attach all cable terminals to the speaker's upper OR lower binding posts, it's not biwiring.
#3. Seems to me this reduces the very benefits of biwiring, by recombining a portion of the cable together at the speaker end.
#4. Again, this substantially reduces the benefit of biwiring, ESPECIALLY if done by different types of cable or sizes of conductors.

I believe in biwiring especially if one is taking advantage of the special affinities of various cables, conductors, etc. I'd connect both terminals of the 'high' cable to the 'high' posts and both 'low' cable terminals to the 'low' posts and NOT use jumpers.

BTW it's 'biwiring' and not 'bi-wiring'. :-)
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