Has biwire speaker cabling become "old" ?

Bare wire so much better than crimped/welded/soldered joints to plugs/spades.

no romance, how can you make a statement like that?  There is so much that goes into any cable that you can't just make a blanket statement like that as fact.  The real fact is that any bare wire will start to 'gas' over time and that will degrade the sound tremendously at this level.  If you have a strong cold weld like AQ makes along with a top of the line silver dipped spade, your connection is as good as anything else and you won't get the gassing, so it will continue to be a better connection. Other companies have done research on their connections and many are much better over time than bare wire.  Just saying 

Are we done kissing RV's tush?  Ok, let's all use our own brains and try different methods.  I've played the field and have found that Biwiring makes a huge difference if you use a cable that actually is designed for high end performance and not just for connecting electrical appliances together (read wire only).  Hopefully your speakers have the terminals feeding seperate crossovers for the low and high frequencies...otherwise forget it!  MIT has just such cables....enjoy.

Nice Dave.  I don't need to kiss anyones butt.  Been around audio plenty and there are some who's ideas I align with as they make sense.  Well before I even liked his speakers, I was into MIT cables. I loved them and even had my Quicksilver preamp fully wired with Brisson's wire and solder.  Loved what it did to the sound.

Are you upset that folks like his Q&A area on his site?  Seems like good business to me.  He likes to interact with folks and most like that.  I always enjoy meeting designers and listening to why they do what they do.  It's the only way to learn as long as you keep an open mind.  Doesn't mean I have to agree or like their product, but it's good business.  

I guess I don't fully understand your problem with folks liking  Mr Vandersteen.  He's a nice guy who has a passion for audio and he likes to share.  Most in our business seem to be that way.  

Sorry, I was out of line....I apologize.  Sometimes I think common sense and experimentation can yield verifiable results without relying to heavily on any one mans gospel.  RV is a good egg however, just need to balance sage advice with actual trial and error sometimes to determine if what does it for the adviser delivers for the advisee!