Biwire posts; how to connect?

Not to beat a dead horse, but if someone can explain why it is better to use jumpers instead of just running the bare wire all the way through to both posts, I would be interested to hear it. Not so much for arguments sake, but I am sincerely curious. I have little to no electronic background, but it seems like a no-brainer.

Some speaker manufacturers use high quality jumpers between the high and low freq. posts, others skimp there. If the jumpers are chintzy- your sound will suffer and you would be better served by making the connection with stripped speaker cable.

I'm not sure which B&Ws you have, but I'd get a more powerful amp. I believe yours is 50 wpc. I'd stay away from Adcom with those speakers.

Funny, the manuals for the 683, the 703, and even the discontinued 603 showed the wires going to the LOW LF posts. Only the 803 manual showed the connections to MID-HI ????? Which begs my newbie question ... does it matter? Any improvement in high/low freq. either way?

I've heard people swear by installing one conductor on the HF and one on the LF in a diagonal pattern and then using the jumpers. I guess the only right answer is: Try them on the LF, then on the HF, then diagonal, and then diagonal reversed and pick the configuration you believe sounds better. You can't hurt the speakers, you'll be tweaking all night, and it won't cost you a penny. BTW, most aftermarket jumpers are way better than what the factory provides. I have Quads 21L's and the difference when bi-wired is quite noticeable (for the better).