I would get the matching jumpers from the same cable manufacturer or make my own. I doubt you will hear the difference with a shotgun cable since one pair of binding posts will still require jumpers. Connect the way the speaker manufacturer recommends and you should be set to go. Don’t overthink it. You’ll probably spend more on a shotgun cable and depending on speakers and the rest of your system gain very little if anything at all.
Single ended speaker cables or Shot gun config?
I would like to hear the opinions from the forum regarding using a high-end single ended speaker to my speakers and then use two of that companies matching jumpers. My speakers have three speaker terminals, bass, mid and highs. They came with bridging straps but I prefer proper jumpers. So that is option one. Option 2 is to buy the same company's speaker cable but in a shot gun formation at the speaker end. So single ended at the amp end and then has two red cables and two black at the speaker end. In this formation I would still need one set of jumpers.
What do you guys recommend in my situation. I sort of fee if I go the shot gun bi wire config I'm splitting the cables in two at the speaker end as opposed to running one solid speaker cable to one of the terminals and using matching jumpers.
Opinions??
Thanks in advance
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@audioman58 the bass is absolutely critical. It’s what balances out the entire presentation. Lack of bass is what causes brightness. Too much bass and you lose details. Bass also helps to create harmony in music. To think bass is not critical is a gigantic mistake. |