Like u I’m pretty new to the bi-wiring game. My system is composed of Arnie Nudell’s Genesis iIM8300 3 way speakers w stands connected to Leach Mono Superamps via 2 pair of ARC Litzlink speaker cables. The Genesis will accomodate bi-wiring. For longer than I care to remember, I had the cabling configured conventionally using two pair of cables. Only recently did I realize I had not properly configured the connections. When I did properly connect in bi-wire config,it really was another level. I noticed less electrical noise in the background, a tighter bass and greater depth and detail. So much so that I decided to try a set of Shunyata cables built fir bi-wiring. And again it seemed to go an additional level in terms of depth, detail, and the bass was better controlled and placed. It has been certainly one of those “DUH” moments for me.
Biwiring make any sense?
I am on the verge of adding new floor standers to my setup as my room has enlarged. Options being considered are KEF R7 Metas and PSAudio Aspen FR10's. Both have biwireable terminals, the KEF has a jumper switch and the PS has jumper wires to bridge the terminals. The other option from dealing with the jumpers is to biwire the speakers. In this case I could run a banana and a spade off each output terminal. Is this even worth considering? Biamping is not something I'm interested in, as I already am running off an integrated amp. I had a pair of BassZillas before, each one of which had 3 sets of terminals, the top 2 being biwired, but that's a different deal (I don't have those cables anymore). Speaker comments would be welcome too. Amp is PSAudio Spectral Strata w/150 watts into 4 ohms.
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@84xfirez-51 , in what way were you not properly configured? There are not that many ways to do it, are there? One speaker cable goes to + and - of one set of speaker posts, and the second speaker cable goes to the + and - of the second set of speaker posts? |
Hmmm . . . @84xfirez-51 , if I am interpreting this correctly, the way you HAD it was you used one speaker cable to go to one set of speaker posts (to the woofer, for example) connecting one spade or banana to the + post (to the woofer) and then connecting the other spade or banana to the - post for the woofer. And then you took the other speaker cable and did the same thing for the tweeter + and - post. I always thought that this was the way bi-wiring was supposed to be done? So what you changed, and are doing NOW, if I understand you correctly, is that you are using one speaker cable, with both terminals of that cable connected to the + post of your amp, and you are connecting this cable to both the + to the woofer AND the + of the tweeter? And then you are hooking two from the - of the amp to both - posts of the speaker (- woofer and - tweeter) ? Well, I make no claims to be one of A’gons gurus, but I always thought the first way was the way it was usually done, but I guess that assuming you had the identical type of speaker wire pairs that you would essentially be doing the same way either way you did it . . . hmmm . . . that’s interesting.
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