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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

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Having rebuilt many speakers many 4 binding posts are BS internally jumped then cheap gold over cheap brass , unless the speakers terminals are directly dived highs and Bass from the Xover then it’s just a marketing ploy

that being said , you want = equal quality jumpers to the Loudspeaker cables with gold over Copper , if you can internally bywire your speaker cables that is the best way to do this .

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