Simple Question. Simple Answer?

Thanks for the info Lakiraly and Trelja: Now I understand your old post on gage/feet Trelja, before it was over my head. For around $10.00 (if I can purchase this minimum amount) I will have to try it. I am still fascinated by little inexpensive things that can be done to improve the sound of a system. I realize that many people do not have the time to spend on DIY stuff and just buy finished products (like in this case the jumpers from Pure Silver Audio that are relatively inexpensive but around $100.00 more than this recommendation). I am also intrigued with using silver as a conducter after trying silver interconnects.

I am happy for you Dekay. This field is one of those where prices are set by emotion, rather than logic. Of course it is supply and demand. But, as many in this hobby are fools, we all end up paying more. By fabricating your own jumpers, you can save boatloads of money. There are many examples of this type of thing in our society, not only in audio. That's why if a company like HomeGrown Audio, Pure Silver Sound, Axon, or others(whom I cannot think of right now) are going to offer cables that others charge hundreds or thousands of dollars for for $70, I am going to blow their horns. My motivation? Maybe the more demand that is out there, the more companies will spring up, and the more choices we will have. Maybe we can also eradicate my favorite excuse, "I would love to charge $100 for this cable, but I have to charge $1000 for it to be taken seriously." And maybe even one day, companies who will offer $20 cables for $2000 will be in the minority, instead of the majority. Then we can ALL have good sound.

Trelja, I agree with you very much and appreciate your turning us on to some of these very value oriented methods to enhancing music reproduction. Fortunately, a wealth of information has arisen in many of the DIY areas, not just cables. Moreover, the little uprising of small companies charging reasonable prices may, in fact, lead to a revolution of sorts. But I don't think it will be televised! ;) I believe that most of their business will be by word of mouth. So, next time I need new cables I will definitely check them out.

The answer is simple.Open up the back of the speakers.Take the wire off the top posts connect it to the bottom post and low and behold you have rid yourself of the problem.when you are ready to bi Amp hook it up again.Bi-wire is the poor man's answer to Bi-Amp and really is a scam.I have spoken to many and they concur.I had my speakers recently changed to single wire by the MFG.He told me the ones I had where one of only a few he had ever Bi wired because he had had a special request for it.He stated that properly designed speakers do not need or benifit from bi wiring.my speakers sound better know that they are single wired.So save yourself tge trouble.the publisher of Bound for Sound is also saying the same thing in print.

Many feel that way, David Wilson for example. I at least admire the finish and build quality of his products, more so than the sound/value (and it's not due to wiring aspects IMHO). Dynaudio doesn't believe in bi-wiring either (and I think they know more about speakers than just about anybody on earth). I've never heard the benefit from biwiring, personally....................One thing I am sure of, is that binding posts have more of a sonic signature than either the spade/banana connectors, OR especially the wire. Someone needs to design a composite binding post that uses a small amount of conductor to contact the wire (or connectors), and some hard plastic or non-magnetic, non-conducting material for the screw down and mounting mechanism. This way, cable manufacuters could use the material of their choice for the electric conductor part (it could just be poured in, or form-fitted). TWO CABLE MANUFACTURERS have already told me personally that they want to bring such a thing to market, but I DOUBT either has the engineering resources to pull it off (unlike a company such as WBT, who evidently like the sound of a brass/copper alloy, or else they would have already invented such a composite binding post...it seems to me).