binding posts


If your speakers have 2 pairs of binding posts each, connected by the ubiquitous metal plates, if biwiring or biamping should you remove the metal plates or doesn't it make any difference?

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Showing 2 responses by audioman58

You can run just 1 pair of speaker cables , but you need a jumper still

those metal plates are trash usually holdover cheap brass , a good set of jumpers 

just buy 2 ft of decent ofc copper awg 12, and just buy some spades or bananas 

you can get Cardas, or vampire gold copper , or WBT, orFurutech for a lot more monies  and sounds much better then the cheap jumper plates.

One thing more to mention , myself and others who are Audio-Electronics techs 

have measured quality of connectors ,did you know over 80%/ use lower quality Loudspeaker terminals Loudspeakers ,as well asAmplifiers they use gold plated brass , which is brighter , and 3x more resistance, as as as that in lower conductivity. Just look up the metals  index Silver around a 67, Copper 65,brass 22.

I have changed all connections to WBT ,or Furutech throughout my Audio system 

which is a Big difference in fidelity ,this too includes Rca , and very  overlooked 

The IEC input most use cheap $3 inputs when the Furutech are retail $30 gold over Copper ,not zinc,brass then tinned ,meaning you are creating 3x+ more resistance 

which = distortion before you even start x the 2-3- or 4 components in your Audio chain . In Audio Everything counts !   This is where you start ,and BTW  these biwire setups on speakers most are Fake , true bywire the wire from theXover goes to the topend-mids and lower terminal Bass  if you just unscrew the plate you can see , most have all wires soldered together inside which is more a marketing ploy then a true Bywire setup.  And the metal terminal connectors on the majority hurt resolution ,much better to have true jumpers wires with quality connectors .

i was selling them for awhile but most people don’t want to spend the extra $$ for top quality -Everything in the chain is cumulative ,keep this in mind .i have been anAudiophile over 40 years have been modding speakers for years and owned a Audio store for a decade,  trial and error ,and many good techs have help me ,these are tips more then anything else, It’s your gear to do as you wish !!