Using bi-wire cables on non-biwirable speakers


This question may be filed under the 'noob' category but I will present it anyways at the risk of revealing myself as being underinformed. I am going to take the plunge on a pair of Dynaudio speakers a lot sooner than I was expecting to. I am currently using Synergistic Research Signature X10 biwire cables. Is there any harm in using these cables on pair of speakers with a single set of binding posts? If so, should I use the pair of the jumpers labelled 'high' or 'low' or one of each? Thanks to all in advance.

Adam
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Showing 1 response by joelv

Having bananas at the speaker ends makes it difficult.

If you want to keep the biwire capability of the wires for later, I suggest swapping one of the speaker-end pairs (either one) of banana plugs with spades. Most binding posts will accept a spade and a banana plug with no problem.

Otherwise, if you're not planning to sell them and don't mind a little butchery, you can just clip the bananas, twist all the proper ends together and have a single "bare wire" connection.

You might even notice an improvement in sound when you get the connectors out of there. :)