Novice Bi-wire confusion

I agree with Telja idea; I am think of doing it myself with my den/home office system. It really depends on what speakers and what system we are talking about. If you have a pair of say B&W CDM Series with equivalent electronics, and your budget can afford a pair of MIT T2 Biwire; these are a good match for this class of speaker, so get the Bi-Wire now. If you have a pair of B&W Nautilus 802 then get the better single wire and save up for the other half.

Well Novice, you really opened a can of worms with your question, but , it is a very good question to ask. Wiring is generally a personnel preference dependent on the sound you are wanting to achieve. When you have the capabilities and equipment to bi-wire it is generally the way to go. With my system I tried jumpers and bi-wiring and was extremely happy with seperate runs of speaker cables to the hi's and low's on each speaker. This will end up costing more cash, but if you have invested a fair sum of money in your system why stop now? I use 2 pair of Kimber Cable 8-TC and Kimbers Silver Streak interconnects.

Remember that if you do "jumper" that it is preferable to remove the "plates" that connect the two + and the two - from the posts on the speakers, that come from the factory. This is usually done by loosening the spade connector’s screw down clamps & sliding them out.

Personally I'd go the 2 to 4 route. Search in the "cable" section of www.audioasylum.com on "biwiring", there's scores of info to absorb. You can build your own high-end cables for $75.00 to $100.00 that WILL run with the big boys! (Many hundreds $$$) Email me if you need a few recipe links.
Do you search with and without a hyphen (-) between bi and wiring.

Enjoy!
Fish