Yeah you are just powering the woofer.
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When I connect to the woofer only it is a faint crispy treble sound. When I connect to the tweeter there is a dull sound.
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Will Biwire speaker cables remedy this? Can I expect full sound?
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Yes. But put the jumpers back in, in the mean time. Just listening to the woofer has got to sound terrible.
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It is awful. When I connect to the woofer it is a faint tinny sound. When I connect to the tweeter, the sound is fuller but flat and dead.
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Do I need jumpers with Biwire speaker cable? Will the cables be enough?
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No. You need jumpers now. You’re only running part of your speakers.
Here’s a picture with jumpers. You can make jumpers with short pieces of wire, if needed.
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Put jumpers in and be done with it. If you're thinking about bi-wiring for sound improvement, you're looking in the wrong place. Go with bi-Amping.
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@fiesta75 +1
One could use a coat hanger as jumpers, just not a plastic one.
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Or use speaker wire as jumpers.
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Something sounds wrong. PSB makes pretty good speakers and certainly don’t design speakers with the glaring flaws you’re describing. I’m guessing there’s a problem somewhere and replacing jumpers won’t likely fix it. Bi-wiring budget speakers seems silly. If anything, demo some jumpers and go from there, but something else seems amiss.
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Do I need jumpers with Biwire speaker cable? Will the cables be enough?
The theory of bi-wiring is that separating the current of each driver improves clarity. If you use jumpers and bi-wire you are eliminating the benefits because now the current flow will be equivalent in both sets of wires.
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Or use speaker wire as jumpers.
@teeter ^obviously^ … but at this point the OP could cut up and old extension cord and use that wire if he/she was too lazy to leave the house.
“no wire” jumping over, is worse that using some “non magical” speaker wire.
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I got ahead ahead of myself. I realized that there were no jumpers. I owned a another pair Stratus Mini's years ago and used them with a Bryston 3B-SST. I removed the jumpers and used JPS Labes Biwire cable. That is probably the issue. I have biwire cables coming tomorrow.
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You could use a paper clip.
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No wonder you're getting poor sound with cheap jumpers. Paper clips indeed!
You need to get the new Super Jumpers by Reptile Grease. $1,100. Each.
You get what you pay for. You'll love 'em.
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I'd definitely bi-wire before I spent $2200 on magic jumpers.
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No wonder you're getting poor sound with cheap jumpers. Paper clips indeed!
You need to get the new Super Jumpers by Reptile Grease. $1,100. Each.
You get what you pay for. You'll love 'em.
I think that you’re missing the part where
- The OP said that there were no jumpers
- The OP ordered bi-wires
The paper clips would actually give the OP a listening experience before the new bi-wires arrive.
My recommendation is along the lines of what some would refer to as “Clear thunking”
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This mess is making me laugh enough to spill coffee....
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This mess is making me laugh enough to spill coffee....
Sorry - it is almost a crime to cause a coffee spill so early.
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Can you get OFC paper clips?
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Can you get OFC paper clips?
That is a bit of a paper tiger argument. 😎
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Problem Solved! The Stratus Mini's sound fantastic...Still a great speaker! Thank you all for your support and sarcasm! 😮
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I already spilt mine, a cappuccino.
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