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Speaker jumpers and hook up choices Question

For many years now speakers come with 4 terminals for bi amp/bi wiring. research has shown few people do either but it continues. Whe I has in the audio biz it was one set regarless of the speaker and life was good. With 4 terminals it can be an endless choice of jumpers and hook up methods and they all make the speaker sound different. In my case I would use one of three hook ups regardless of jumpers used

1) Cables to the low side . Jumpers feed the high side This make the most sense to me
2) Cable to the high side Jumpers feedn the low side. Not sure why one would do this.
3)Pos cable to the low side and neg to the high side. This one sounds way different then the other two and in most cases better WHAT IS IT DOING?? What is happening when you use this hook up?

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geph0007

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"For many years now speakers come with 4
terminals for bi amp/bi wiring. research has shown few
people do either but it continues."

"What research are you referring to? On this web
site the opposite is most likely true. Most people biwire if
the speakers allow for it."

Zd542... you think so? Maybe we should do a new thread
and see. I haven't bi-wired in decades, even if my
speakers allowed it.

IMHO, good quality jumpers and good quality speaker
cables will almost always sound better.

I'm going to start a new thread and ask this very
question...
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