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Bi wire and powered woofers

I'm the owner of a pair of Paradigm personas, and they have powered woofers, 4 per speaker. 
They can be bi wired, but I"m curious what effect this will have , given they have their own amps for the woofers. 
Anyone have a technical reason why it should be better? Just curious as they sound great in the single config with the factory jumpers.
brrgrr
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dweller
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Is it possible to disable their amps and run on something external?
erik_squires
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If the woofer inputs are high impedance inputs, then zip wire would work and might sound better than single wiring with fancy cables. :) 

We used to use this kind of configuration, the high impedance inputs were pretty much cable insensitive. 

Best,

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brrgrr OP
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dweller, I don't think so, but then again I've never asked. Given I us a 30W class A amp with them, I'd have to switch amps as well to test this out. The speakers have built in 1400 W of power, with 2 700W amps per speaker, so I'd somehow have to replace that power. 
I'm more interested in the theoretical rational of bi wiring in this instance, vs the conventional non powered speakers . I do have an old pair of Verbatim bi-wires , that I used with my VSA VR-4 jr's, but given the cable brands are different , it's probably not a fair comparison. Enjoying my new speakers, just asking a question I'm curious about..
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