Hi kijanki
what was the improvement you have with the Audioquest jumpers?
what was the improvement you have with the Audioquest jumpers?
Bi-wires links for speakers ?
itzhak1969, I use Audioquest 4" jumpers. They're made of high purity AQ copper and come either silver or gold plated. I use gold plated version. Big improvement over stock thin-plate links. https://www.amazon.com/SET-4-GOLD-BIWIRE-JUMPERS/dp/B005A5Z758/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1486235830... |
My McIntosh amp doesn’t have bi-wire capability and I honestly think that bi-wiring is not more than a voodoo practice (bi-amplifying is another story). My speakers cables and interconnects are Tellurium Ultra black series which are very expensive but I got the luck to buy less than half price used ones from my dealer and I think if the bi-wire links will be the same as my other cables it will improve the sound but your comments above made me to reconsider the decision of buying them ,It’s better to take pair for demo at my home from my dealer and check this carefully before purchasing. |
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You’ll get many different opinions on this. Yes, it is true that some manufacturers don’t believe in biwiring. Although Harbeth does not believe in biwring, they have provided biwiring terminals on most of their speakers to satisfy market demands. Chord Cable has dropped all their biwiring speaker cables as they maintain their stand that a single run produces better results than biwired cables. The other good reason speaker manufacturers provide biwiring terminals other than following the "trend" is to give users the flexibility of biamping with a pair of amplifiers. That will only useful if the loudspeakers are demanding. Coming back to the question of aftermarket bi-wire links. You may try some but personally I wouldn’t bother. The difference in sound quality would be minimal even if there is a difference. However, there is no harm trying if you have some money to spend. |
Agree on biwiring, if it is there, you may try that. sometimes it makes a positive difference sometimes not; many manufacturers such as focal and harbeth and others have admitted that the reason why they offer biwiring is strictly because of market trends. Focal actually dropped the biwring posts on many models. |
I would try replacing the links with a thick 12awg. You should not hear a difference because there's none. It's only 3inches between the posts, so resistance should be in the neighborhood of 0.000003 ohms....in other words, there's nothing to fix. I like the manufacturers links on some speakers because they look neater than wire, but everyone is different. No worries about jumpers... manufacturers would not compromise their signature sound by not having the metal links replaced by a 3" wire if it could make a difference. |