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How does bi-wiring work?

To start, I do bi-wire my main speakers. However, I am somewhat confused about how bi-wiring works given that the speakers have internal crossovers and the signals received by them have the same full frequency range going to both sets of terminals.

I confess that I don't see any difference from single wiring in terms of the speaker's performance. What am I missing?

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soix
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@wlutke Very glad to hear!  And thanks for the follow up.  Cables can be a risky thing to recommend because they can be so system dependent, so I’m happy it worked out in your situation.

immatthewj
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I tried (WBC) jumpers on my AZ Satori Shotguns.  I hear exactly what you describe.  It's not subtle, they're staying!  Thanks for the tip.

I did the same thing (WBC jumpers) with my shotgunned B&W 805s.  I think it sounds better, but I did a couple of other things at about the same time. It certainly didn't hurt.

hickamore
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I am late to the party here, but if anyone is still monitoring: I use Kimber bi-wiring cable with no jumpers (bananas connectors). Evidently doubling up with Kimber jumpers (spade terminals) could be worth the expense, even if no one knows quite why this works?

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