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Bi-Wiring

Although the option to do so is there, I hadn't planned on bi-wiring my speakers, especially after watching this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McH2tlfj0vo

In the video it only speaks of bi-wiring on the speaker side (and a bit about bi-amping). But my amp has two sets of binding post for each channel as shown here: https://coda.cc/coda-no-8-amplifier

I have reached out to both my dealer and the manufacturer about this with no response as of yet, so I was looking to you all for what your thoughts are on this? 

Will running 2 pairs of speaker wires to the 4 individual binding post do anything for me or would the info in the video still prevail? Thanks! 

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ghdprentice
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Bi-wiring and bi-amping… two completely different topics.

ghdprentice
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I had biwired speakers for a couple decades. But some questions first.

 

What is your system and venue? It would be really helpful if we could see it. There is a place under your UserID to create a virtual system. This would be very helpful for us.

My first question would be, have you spent lots of time getting your speakers placed correctly, then carefully chosen speaker cables, then interconnects, then power cords, then really worked on carefully done room treatments… walls, sidewalls, behind. Then I would work on if bi-wiring can help. While the order can vary a little bit in terms of impact (like room treatment might have the greatest impact after placement)… but the possible benefit of bi-wiring is down there somewhere below the impact of power cords. While it is all additive, it is important to get the big stuff done first… then the really small stuff… biwiring is way down there.

So, it would be very great to see your system and biwiring would likely have a very small benefit. My experience is that choosing the right brand and level of cable is far more important that normal wiring vs bi-wiring.

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