Hi Greg -- How long are the cables? What is the gauge of the wire used in the single-wire configuration? And what is the gauge of the wire which carries the low frequencies in the bi-wire configuration?
Regards,
-- Al
Regards,
-- Al
To Bi-wire or not?
I was using Tara Labs shot-gun cable to connect my Usher speakers, leaving the jumpers in. When I switched to Blue Jeans cable and true bi-wire and removed the jumpers. I hear no improvement, in fact i lost some bass. I contacted Blue Jeans to see about cable burn-in but they said burn-in is a myth. I have heard that bi-wiring a speaker with low end cable is better than using higher quality cable in non bi-wire application. Any thoughts?
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Tbromgard, as you using two seperate cables per speaker? If so, are you sure that the connections are in correct polarity at the amp and the same at the speakers? Also, I find it very helpful to make sure that the routing of the cables is as direct as possible without too much parelleling if possible. |
Two 12 AWG cables would be the equivalent of one 9 AWG cable. At 6 feet long, that is huge overkill. I just don't see how you could be losing any bass. But of course, there's no harm in sticking with your single wire cables. If you want to tie this down, you could use a Radio Shack SPL meter plus a program like SynRTA or Room EQ Wizard to actually see what your bass response is. |
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