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My experience with bi-wiring

Not wanting to debate the issue, which has been done ad nauseum, I just wanted to share my experience in case it's of help to anyone else in a similar position. Originally I single wired my speakers with jumpers made from my speaker cable, but I had been curious about bi-wiring and read all I could both pro and con. The main thing I gathered was that it is a contentious subject that there is no consensus on. I was reluctant to spend the money on something that may not pan out, but as the maker of my speaker recommended bi-wiring, I finally decided to give it a try.  I was impressed that there was a worthy improvement in detail/clarity across the frequency spectrum.  Admittedly any change is speaker dependent and YMMV, but if your speaker brand advocates it, I suggest it's worth a try.  
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Yup …. It’s a well-travelled theme here debated ad nauseam in all the audio forums - it is purely an entirely system dependent issue with no consensus.

Here are two simple contrasting examples in the no-winner debate

(A) VANDERSTEEN supports bi-wiring THEIR speakers (emphasis added)…. Fine.

(B) Both NORDOST and CHORD are just two of the upper-strata cable manufacturers that publish positions that simple 2-2 quality build single runs with matched quality bi-wire post jumpers are
(a) actually cheaper to Buyer all-in, and
(b) will also outperform a lesser quality build 2-4 bi-wire double run of that lesser quality speaker cable run in order to try and meet budget.
(c) Both do not promote bi-wire models anymore, and CHORD does not even make bi-wires anymore. Fine here too.

Simple takeaway:

It’s oft-repeated herein in AGON and all the other audio forums: just filter out all the noise pro AND con: and just experiment personally to see what works in YOUR system (emphasis added again …)

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