My experience with bi-wiring

I once had a pair of Audioquest Type 6 and a set of low end MIT cables but I can’t remember the model but they were about the same price range as the Type 6 cables.  I was bi-amping and would run a tube amp on the high side and a solid state on the low side.  With the MIT’s on the high side I was pleased with the sound.  One day I switched the cables but kept the amps as they were (Tubes on the highs).  The MIT’s were choking the base.  I don’t remember the readings but the resistance was too high and it sounded like you had a 100’ piece of #18 zip cord on the woofers.  My wife who does not pay attention to audio and who is happy with her Amazon Echo Dot asked me what I did because the bass was noisy. I swapped the back and the problem went away.

now while I think there is a ton of snake oil in the topic of cables, they do make a difference.  When running bi-wire I would imagine the same issue would happen.   But I always saw it as the MIT cables sucked (at that price point) and I used my AQ type 6 only when I sold my tube amp because I heard no difference with Bi-Wiring with the single amp.  I sold the MIT cables and the type 6’a with jumpers worked fine.  I am sure if you have a pair of cables that sound better on the HF side that you may find a benefit,  but only if they were a detriment to the LF side.  
On my Bryston 7B’s running in parallel mode, I did find my woofers behaved positively to the extra current so my new cables are coming bi-wired on both ends.  

Yup …. It’s a well-travelled theme here debated ad nauseam in all the audio forums - it is purely an entirely system dependent issue with no consensus.

Here are two simple contrasting examples in the no-winner debate

(A) VANDERSTEEN supports bi-wiring THEIR speakers (emphasis added)…. Fine.

(B) Both NORDOST and CHORD are just two of the upper-strata cable manufacturers that publish positions that simple 2-2 quality build single runs with matched quality bi-wire post jumpers are
(a) actually cheaper to Buyer all-in, and
(b) will also outperform a lesser quality build 2-4 bi-wire double run of that lesser quality speaker cable run in order to try and meet budget.
(c) Both do not promote bi-wire models anymore, and CHORD does not even make bi-wires anymore. Fine here too.

Simple takeaway:

It’s oft-repeated herein in AGON and all the other audio forums: just filter out all the noise pro AND con: and just experiment personally to see what works in YOUR system (emphasis added again …)

Thanks for sharing your experience. I have never done any real careful comparisons. What speakers and amp are you using?

I'm using Von Schweikert VR-33's and a Raven Blackhawk.   

I'm truly of the opinion that bi-wiring may OR may not make a positive difference, it's system dependent and you will only know if you try yourself. 

aka_ca said it best. I went from using jumpers to using two sets of cables and thought I had it all sorted out. Then, I came across a big discount for some speaker cables I always wanted to try out, as I already have their ICs and love them. 

Long story short, I'm now using their speaker cables and jumpers and am amazed at the amount of music that was missing. Not just details, air, ambience and the like, but music.

They've broken in faster than any speaker cable I've had and continue to improve. It's one thing to acknowledge that all systems will sound different, but to say all cables sounds the same is insane.

All the best,
Nonoise