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Why shouldn't I bi-wire Wilson Watt/Puppies 6

I just aquired a pr of WWP6's and saw in a review that "Wilson will void the warrentee if one bi-amps or bi-wires these speakers". I have a pr. of bi-wire Nordost SPM reference that I would like to use but this has got me scratching my head. I just set the room this morning using a pr. of Cary 805b amps. The speaker wires are plugged into the 8ohm and 4ohm taps on the Carys and then bi-wired to the Wilsons. Nothing has been turned on yet as I had to go to work, (where I'm writing this from;-) If anyone can enlighten me as to any possible problems from this setup, it would be appreciated. I don't want to have to wait to talk to Wilson on Tues before playing some tunes!
rloggie
herman
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I haven't seen the latest versions but the earlier ones had the crossovers in the cabinets. Is the 6 different?
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jfrech
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I have wp 6's. The issue is you by pass the crossover when done the way you are asking. You can run your Watts full range direct to your amps. The Watt's produce about 90% of the sound. The Puppies the low low bass only.

Bi wiring the speakers this way may cause some interection with both cross overs and and your amp. I'd stick to their recommendation.

b/c of your bannana's at one end, I'd only use one part of your bi wire to each speaker. You'll still get great sound. Order a adapter to hook things up right.

You have one of the best speakers anywhere...don't mess around with using both taps off your amp and hooking up both terminals of the watt and the puppy. The designers did things for a reason....

You'll have killer tunes using only 1/2 of your cables...buy some adapters and be happy...or try some different speaker cables..the wp 6's are VERY revealing...you may/may not like something different...
rloggie OP
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Jfrech,
The adapters you refer to are from Nordost? Hooked up and running now, sound very good but in no way do I think I'm close to having the speakers setup in position, etc. Just connected a REL studio II that will also need attention to make "fit". I'm so damn tired tonight that I'll just be listening to things as they are:).
Thnx for the input!
Rloggie
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jfrech
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The adapters ...not sure if Nordost makes them. Try going to AudioAdvisor.com, they should have something that will do it...several brands I'm sure...
herman
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Jfrech, just curious. Are you saying the entire crossover is in one cabinet and the jumper that feeds the other cabinet is being fed a signal that has already gone through the crossover? If so that would explain why they don't want you to biwire or biamp, you would be bypassing the crossover for one cabinet as you stated.

When new don't they come with the jumper ? The puppy tail?
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