Speaker jumpers and hook up choices Question

At the very least, its given serious consideration. I think the big issue is weather to use 2 single runs of lesser cable, or one better cable and jumpers. Personally, I take it on a case by case basis. My Vandersteen's need to be biwired for best sound. My Wilson's don't even have the option. With most other speakers, I usually prefer one higher quality run over 2 lesser cables.

Also, I was referring to this website in particular. You'll probably find that more people biwire here, than anywhere else. Another factor to consider, at least here, is that people often way overspend on cables.

I agree but this website is tiny % of people who buy speakers Many audio guys do not do it .In fact I read an article last summer were it was mentioned that some spekaer makers are going to go back to a pair of terminals. THANK YOU!! I like the Vandersteens better when I went in and tied the hi and low together It tried the lesser (Oval 12) bi wires on several speakers and my Oval 9s with any junmper sound better to me.

Thank you AL Can you expand on that at all? I have to draw that on paper to see it I had PSB Goldi and Mirage m7si were it was easy to take the back plate off and tie the high and low together and then put it back to riginal. I felt the speakers sounded closest to the croos hookup thast way.

Yes, draw it out and I think what I said will become clear. When you do that, keep in mind that current flows in a "complete circuit" from the amplifier to the speaker, then through the speaker, and then back to the amplifier. And keep in mind also that the speaker's crossover network will prevent the high frequency content of the signal from flowing through the low frequency driver(s), and will prevent the low frequency content of the signal from flowing through the high frequency driver(s).

Aside, that is, from frequencies that are in the area of the crossover point between drivers, where high frequency and low frequency drivers will both be reproducing the same frequencies to some degree. How wide a range of frequencies that area encompasses will depend on the slopes of the particular crossover. "Slopes" meaning 6 db/octave or 12 db/octave or 18 db/octave, etc., which describes how sharply the crossover cuts off frequencies that are not near the crossover frequency.

Regards,
-- Al

I should just take off the back plate and tie the high and low together

From Nordost
Wiring Confi gurations
The correct wiring confi guration for a bi-wiring arrangement can be
readily established by experimentation, but in general, the best results
will be obtained as follows:
Connect the jumpers from the bass/mid terminals to the treble terminals,
following the guidance outlined above. Then connect the speaker wires
to the bass/mid terminals. This should be your default set up, generally
offering the greatest rhythmic integrity and mid-band clarity

Very occasionally the reverse arrangement, connecting to the treble
terminals can produce superior results. This is rare, but worth trying,
especially where exotic or hard to drive tweeters are employed

Often, the very best results are achieved using a diagonal connection.
This involves connecting the red cable to the bass/mid terminal and
the black to the treble, with the jumpers arranged accordingly, bass to
treble on the red (or +ve) side of the crossover, treble to bass on the
black (or -ve) side. This is slightly more confusing to wire, however, with
a little extra care and patience the results can be well worthwhile, and
once you are familiar with bi-wiring procedures this often becomes the
new default set up, offering greater air, transparency, dimensionality and subtlety