I have a pair of Revel F30's. For years I used biwireLooking Nordost. Last year I became convinced the leanness in my system was the Nordost speaker cable.
I spoke to The Cable Company and the strong impression I got was that biwiring my F30's really wasn't needed.
I wound up with a set on Analysis Plus Oval 9's in a single wire configuration. I initially hooked them up to the woofers and jumpedvtomthe tweeter but it was blah. I the switched, by hooking it the Oval 9's to the mid/high binding posts and jumping to the tweeter. On the F30's that was the way to go.
Then I startedt explore jumpers. I thoughtI could do better than the brass plates. I saw there are Oval 9 jumpers at $189 a set. I decide to experiment. I went to Lowes and found some 8 guage hook up wire. I wanted to use wire at least as heavy as the oval 9's which are 9 awg.
I made a full set of DIY jumpers with the 8 awg wire and banana plugs. Total cost under $15. WOO HOO! The soundstage was wider and deeper, no negatives at all, a true bass room lock. I did use WBT silver solder. My Revels have neve sounded better.
So there you have it- AP Oval 9 to the mid/high binding post, generic copper 8awg jumpers to the woofer binding post. My thinking is that with the short length of the jumpers (8") the amount of copper rather than absolute cable quality mattered most.
I spoke to The Cable Company and the strong impression I got was that biwiring my F30's really wasn't needed.
I wound up with a set on Analysis Plus Oval 9's in a single wire configuration. I initially hooked them up to the woofers and jumpedvtomthe tweeter but it was blah. I the switched, by hooking it the Oval 9's to the mid/high binding posts and jumping to the tweeter. On the F30's that was the way to go.
Then I startedt explore jumpers. I thoughtI could do better than the brass plates. I saw there are Oval 9 jumpers at $189 a set. I decide to experiment. I went to Lowes and found some 8 guage hook up wire. I wanted to use wire at least as heavy as the oval 9's which are 9 awg.
I made a full set of DIY jumpers with the 8 awg wire and banana plugs. Total cost under $15. WOO HOO! The soundstage was wider and deeper, no negatives at all, a true bass room lock. I did use WBT silver solder. My Revels have neve sounded better.
So there you have it- AP Oval 9 to the mid/high binding post, generic copper 8awg jumpers to the woofer binding post. My thinking is that with the short length of the jumpers (8") the amount of copper rather than absolute cable quality mattered most.