Bi-wire speakers and bi-wire cables?


My speakers are bi-wired right now with some Audioquest rocket 33’s. So the jumpers are off the back of the speakers. 
I want to still use my current speaker cables but can I just connect the jumpers and still use all four of the Audioquest speaker ends in all four of the high/low binding posts of the speaker?
The reason I’m asking is I want to see if I hear a difference with bi-wiring and not bi-wiring without messing up the speakers?
todd1010

Showing 1 response by kijanki

Yes, you can do it, but if you have decent jumpers like:
https://www.amazon.com/AudioQuest-Direct-Silver-Plated-BiWire-Jumpers/dp/B0057FK8RS/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=audioquest+jumper&qid=1597306205&sr=8-3
(they also come in gold plating)

then why do you want to change it?  Idea behind biwiring is that resistive and inductive impedance of the wire creates (with amp's output impedance) divider for back EMF, since crossover filter is not perfect (interaction between speakers).  I know, from this forum, that it helps with some speakers and makes absolutely no difference with the others.  It doesn't hurt to try.  I have three way speakers with jumpers between tweeters and mid range and shotgun cable connecting it and bass section to amplifier.