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Jumpers vs bi-wire

Question for the experts: If I run straight cables to my speakers and then use cable jumpers to replace the metal connectors that came with the speakers (mine are set up with a high and low post for the speaker connections), do the cable jumpers need to be the same brand/model as the main cable in order to achieve the same benefits/attributes of the main cable. It seems the answer would be yes, but so few cable makers seem to make jumpers. Am I missing something (would not be the first time). My limited knowledge of such suggests to me that to get the same benefits/attributes to both high and low binding posts, I'd have to bi-wire (or shotgun). Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
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xenithon
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Hi Guys,

I have a bit of a tricky question for you guys. I have just got a pair of Monitor Audio GR-60 speakers. They come with gold metal plates to connect the binding posts together. However, in case you do not know the speakers, they are TRIWIRABLE. I have a set of Zu Cable Wax biwire speaker cables which I really love, but with the triwire speakers I am connecting to two binding posts and the other one I am using the plate. My 1st question is: is it worth investing the $100+ to get Zu Cable Wax jumpers (even more costly for me since I need to import them to my country) or are those plates the speaker came with okay. The 2nd question is: when using it with a biwire cable, what is the best configuration? Currently I have one set of + and - connected to the lower binding posts (bass I assume) and the other set to the middle posts, with the gold plate connecting the middle and upper posts.

Thanks,
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