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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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sls883
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I haven’t experimented much with speaker cables. I had previously biwired with two different types of older Synergetic Research cables. Mark IIS to the upper frequencies and a less expensive SR to the bass frequency. The thought being that biwired was good and put the better wires on the upper frequencies.  There was a considerable distance between the upper and lower terminals on my Von Schweikert VR-4s, so a typical jumper didn't work. They are not expensive wires, but they were for me 30 years ago. Not sure now that the logic was sound, but it does make me wonder about mixing wires that excel in different areas?

 

I’m not biwired now. Single run of Silversmith Fidelium and the Fidelium jumpers.

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