I had been using bi-wire because when I first started with audioquest cabling, it sounded better. I went that way for years, with many different companies, but just recently found that putting in really good cables for a single run easily was outperforming the previous cabling bi-wired. In my mind I think that if the manufacturers made the speaker with two terminals you should bi-wire, but presently, that is just not the best sound for me. (JM Labs Electra 926 speakers)
Should I Bi-Wire or Use Jumpers?
I recently upgraded my 7 year old Kimber 4pr to Speltz Anti-Cable and this made a huuuge improvement... but I want to take it to the next level.
I'm currently using a pair of PSB Stratus Mini's, which can be bi wired but only have one single run of anti-cable along with the stock jumpers in place. My Denon PMA 2000ivr also has a and b speaker outputs for bi wiring.
My question is - will it make any difference if I use a double run on Anti-Cable to bi wire vs. a single run with the addition of anti cable jumpers? The price difference between the two is only about $50.00 so this isnt a concern but jumpers would be slightly easier to manage.
Oh yeah, If my current speaker wire has spades, can I also use jumpers with spades? For example having two sets of spade connections in ony binding post ( speaker wire and jumpers) or will this degrade the sound? Maybe a better option would be banana plugs for the jumpers.