If Bi-Wiring is an option, should I choose Bi-wiring over single banana with free jumpers


Hello All!

Newbie here : ) I have a pair of speakers (MartinLogan Motion 40i) that have, according to the website, "dual five-way binding post speaker terminals which allow bi-amping or bi-wiring." As you can see in the top right photo of the speaker terminals in this link, the speakers came with free jumpers (the jumpers look like just a sheet of conductive metal) between the 4 terminals. 

https://www.martinlogan.com/en/product/motion-40i

So when purchasing speaker cables, placing the best quality connection over cost, should I:

1. (Cheapest) Get single banana plugs and use the included free jumpers, or

2. (More costly but will it be WAY better?) Get Bi-wire speaker cables and remove the free jumpers.

3. Get single banana plugs, and find some high quality jumpers to replace the free included jumpers.

If it doesnt matter much to sound quality, it seems option #1 is best as its cheapest. However my goal is to get the best/most efficient connection so i suspect options #2 or #3 might be the way to go? 

Many thanks for any advice!

 

steve_a001

Showing 2 responses by asvjerry

Having enough speaker pairs snaking about, I've opted to bi-amp as much as practical.  Having enough amps to do so was a matter of choice.

'More bang for the buck', save the power for the woofs and subs, be nice to the tweets and mids.....and having the active Xovers to do so.

Don't need or likely can hear the rosin coming off the bow...just want to hear what my odd collection can really create on a beer budget.

Daily surprise is the goal....without the requirement of high $ cables and ic's to do so...

(...current goal is to replace my YT vid of my omnis' with something more up to date...in 2 chan.....better 'spread', louder, at that y'all find of intrigue....)

Who could resist a low budget MBL?

Unless locked in amber is a suitable response.... ;)