binding posts


If your speakers have 2 pairs of binding posts each, connected by the ubiquitous metal plates, if biwiring or biamping should you remove the metal plates or doesn't it make any difference?

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One thing more to mention , myself and others who are Audio-Electronics techs 

have measured quality of connectors ,did you know over 80%/ use lower quality Loudspeaker terminals Loudspeakers ,as well asAmplifiers they use gold plated brass , which is brighter , and 3x more resistance, as as as that in lower conductivity. Just look up the metals  index Silver around a 67, Copper 65,brass 22.

I have changed all connections to WBT ,or Furutech throughout my Audio system 

which is a Big difference in fidelity ,this too includes Rca , and very  overlooked 

The IEC input most use cheap $3 inputs when the Furutech are retail $30 gold over Copper ,not zinc,brass then tinned ,meaning you are creating 3x+ more resistance 

which = distortion before you even start x the 2-3- or 4 components in your Audio chain . In Audio Everything counts !   This is where you start ,and BTW  these biwire setups on speakers most are Fake , true bywire the wire from theXover goes to the topend-mids and lower terminal Bass  if you just unscrew the plate you can see , most have all wires soldered together inside which is more a marketing ploy then a true Bywire setup.  And the metal terminal connectors on the majority hurt resolution ,much better to have true jumpers wires with quality connectors .

i was selling them for awhile but most people don’t want to spend the extra $$ for top quality -Everything in the chain is cumulative ,keep this in mind .i have been anAudiophile over 40 years have been modding speakers for years and owned a Audio store for a decade,  trial and error ,and many good techs have help me ,these are tips more then anything else, It’s your gear to do as you wish !!

It is easy to experiment with jumpers  even cheap Home Depot wire just to see if you hear any differences.  While you may get a slightly better sound by experimenting, you would be better off finding the right speaker cable for your system.

 

Happy Listening.

Also, not only do you defeat the purpose of running the speaker bi- if you don’t remove them, you can damage the speakers.

reply: Only if you cross wire them.

No. You can damage them even if the polarity is correct. Two amps will have slightly different output voltage levels for any given input. The difference exists between the hot (red) terminals of the two amps. The shorting bars short the two sets of terminals together. So if one is driven at a particular moment to 30 volts and the other to 25 volts, you have 5V/ zero ohms = infinite current from one amp to the other.

remove them.

Bi amping allows you to choose one amp that is good for high frequencies and another that is basically a ballsy beast for low.

With bi-wiring there is no danger either way.Bi wiring simply allows two sets of wires to connect to the two. Its pretty subtle. But, removing the straps minimizes cross-drivers impacts (e.g.: the larger back-emf from the woofer) from impacting the higher frequencies. I suspect its a very, very, very small impact.

 

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 You have to remove the jumpers if you're using more than one amp but, you can use one amp for each speaker, it called vertical bi- amping.

Vertical bi-amping huh.

Ok, ok it can be called whatever you want. You can call it a buffalo.  but its just a regular stereo amp in two mono boxes.  So there is no technical difference from normal amps.  If you use the two channels in parallel ... well, there are issues with that that i would avoid.  Too complex to go into. Actually just read what i wrote above and turn it down from 11 to 2.