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I am stunned

After reading these forums for awhile I can finally say that I am a skeptic no longer with respect to biwiring. I recently purchased a demo pair of Martin Logans from a local dealer and found that I did not have enough money to purchase a decent set of speaker cables. As I was getting ready to take the speakers home the dealer stopped me and offered to loan me a set of cables until I had enough cash (Great Dealer!!!) to purchase some cables. Well, when I got home I discovered that the Logans were easily biwirable and that the cables he lent me were biwire cables. When I auditioned the Logans the dealer must have connected the jumpers when I told him I was not interested in biwiring a set of speakers. I figured what the hell, lets give it a try. I connected everything up, popped in a CD and my mouth fell to the floor. Unbelievable. So from one ex-skeptic to anyone who has a doubt. Biwiring works, I am an EE and frankly do not care why anymore.
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sugarbrie
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Chstob: I am just commenting on the controversy of all cables with the same specs should all sound the same, and those who hear a difference are just imagining they are. Same controversy with Digital Cables. It is just 1's and 0's going to a computer chip, so all digital cables are the same and the difference is just our imagination.


Megasam's comments are valid and right on. Is a better single $XXX cable better than a lesser Bi-wire cable that cost the same? I have Bi-Wire cables on my B&W's and like what they do. I may try to borrow (or buy used that I can resell) some better single cable and try it out.

sugarbrie
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If you don't mind a double run instead of Bi-Wire cables, I guess you could buy the better single cable and save up for a second pair later to double run. But, then some find a difference between double runs and Bi-Wire cables, which makes this hobby fun and crazy.
sugarbrie
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I agree many people look too much at the specs. Lets take that logic in a differenct direction. Now take the human voice. It also produces sound by way of vibrating vocal cords. Your typical decent tenor who sings as the cantor at your favorite place of worship can hit all the same notes as Pavarotti. So on paper all tenors will spec out the same. Therefore all tenors must sound exactly the same (NOT). This would mean that people who pay $300 for a ticket to hear Pavarotti at the Met, could hear the same thing at the local community opera for $20; and must be as crazy as people who spend $500 on a pair of cables, when $50 will do. So next time you get in that debate, ask the person if they can tell the difference between Pavarotti and a local tenor at church. If they are true to their belief, they will say there is no difference.
sugarbrie
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Thanks, I accomplished something for once. My point on voices is meant to be absurd. All of our voices are produced by exact same material; the same human flesh. But they all sound different. So why is it absurd to some that some of us think cables sound different made of the same material? I notice always notice a difference cable to cable, sometimes even a different length of the same cable (mainly with interconnects).
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