Speaker wiring question

@Freediver, what I said is correct.

If the two sets of terminals are connected by jumpers, and let’s say the + wire from the amp is connected to the HF (high frequency) + terminal and the - wire from the amp is connected to the LF (low frequency) - terminal, current flowing to the speaker in the + wire will enter the HF section of the speaker directly from the + terminal of the HF section, but will enter the LF section of the speaker after traveling through a jumper. Current will return to the amplifier from the LF section of the speaker directly from the - terminal of the LF section, but will return to the amplifier from the HF section of the speaker after traveling through the other jumper.

In between the terminals that current enters and leaves each section of the speaker, the high frequency content of the signal and the low frequency content of the signal will be filtered by the crossover circuits. The result will be exactly what I said: Connecting the wires in a diagonal configuration will result in low frequencies being routed through one jumper (in this case the one connecting the two + terminals together), and high frequencies will also be routed through one jumper (in this case the one connecting the two - terminals together).

If that isn’t clear, I suggest that you draw it out on a piece of paper, for a simple two-way speaker which has an inductor in series with the woofer and a capacitor in series with the tweeter, and which has a pair of terminals for each section of the speaker.

In doing so, ***keep in mind that current is the the same at all points in a series circuit.*** And in that situation the + and - speaker wires coming from the amplifier are connected to two series circuits in the speaker: One series circuit between a + terminal of the speaker, the HF section within the speaker, and a - terminal of the speaker, with a single jumper being included in that path; another series circuit between a + terminal of the speaker, the LF section within the speaker, and a - terminal of the speaker, also with a single jumper being included in that path. In the series circuit which includes the HF section of the speaker (including the one jumper which is in that path) low frequency currents will not be present, and in the series circuit which includes the LF section of the speaker (including the one jumper which is in that path) high frequency currents will not be present.

A similar analysis can be performed for the situations in which the + and - speaker wires are both connected to the speaker’s LF terminals, and in which the + and - speaker wires are both connected to the speaker’s HF terminals. The results being what I stated in my previous post for those configurations.

Regards,

-- Al

" Still just wondering if you're not biwiring does it make a difference if you're using the low or high posts?"

No.  It does not matter.  They are electrically identical.  I will add, that unless you just enjoy spending money on wire, there is no reason to bi-wire either as that configuration is also electrically identical to a single pair with jumpers.

not true
reflected impedence is part of the magic of biwire...

the tweeter and crossover have a high impedence at low frequencies, hence flow to woofer
reverse that for woofer as it has higher impedence at higher frequency..

so another way to think about it is the path of least resistance is reflected all the way back to the amplifier terminals......

and

the low frequency signal creates a large field which modulates the HF wire if adjacent....so you need an external biwire configuration to get all of tge advantages.....

+1 tomic601

I’m sure Nordost has no idea what they’re talking about but I use the positive leg to the bottom and negative to the top and then jumpers. On my system it does make a difference.

i don’t use Nordost speaker wires but I have WyWires and Clear Day and both brands I get the same results. Only using the WyWires currently with their jumpers too.

Only way to know is try it and hear what works for you. If you don’t hear a difference than life is probably better for you maybe. I tried all three methods as opposed to questioning why it would make a difference. I find it does but as always YMMV.

https://nordost.com/downloads/NorseJumperinstructions.pdf