Bi-wiring speakers

Waste of $. We tell people this and they rarely listen.
Their speakers are bi-wireable, so they think this is best.
Dunlavy, Sonus, Genesis, and others agree.
Speakers are "bi-ampable", and somehow this has changed to "bi-wirable".
Also, few people know what "true bi-wiring" is vs bi-wiriing.
Keep in mind, we dealers make more on bi-wire cables, and so do the cable companies.

Bi-wiring can indeed produce a difference, and in some cases a significant improvement. But the speakers that improve most from bi-wiring from my experience are some of the British small monitor speakers where they have tried to achieve transparency at a low price point from using a minimalist cross-over. Speakers like Thiels however involve a lot of effort in the cross-over to get it right and nullify the benefits of bi-wiring. Shotgun bi-wiring is the main area where you get different results, not necessarily a better one - principally because you are really changing the load seen by the amp.

Hellohifi, please explain "true bi-wiring". Your post is suggesting that speaker manf. are just adding a second cosmetic pair of speaker posts, and that there is no difference in internal crossover design between a bi-wire
speaker and single wire speaker. Surely you are not suggesting this are you?

Well said Hellohifi. If they insist on buying it then keep selling it.

Megasam: Speaker manufacturers put dual sets of posts on their products for two reasons: 1) It permits biamping, which really can make a difference; and 2) It makes their products palatable to those who think biwiring makes a difference. After all, they may think you're a scientific illiterate, but they still want to sell to you.