To Bi-wire or not?

hi Al, i am using 2 identical sets or pairs of wires, 12 gauge and 6 feet long.
greg

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.

Bi-amping with external x-over is only reason speakers should have two sets of taps.Amazing what a hustle bi-wiring has been with $250 speakers to $25K is and the general B.S. on wire.Blue Jean was good choice.It has always been like those really thin disc candy on your stereo cake not even real sprinkles (isolation or power conditioning).No way is it frosting let alone the cake.Well made cables make sense and on rare situations where some taming is needed (Cardas with Krell??).But think about NHT.Used those blocks to roll off highs and lows and accentuate mids so people who drop a packet go "Ooooh" and "Ahhh" when in fact they are getting less information but accentuated mids make you think your getting more.Blue Jean single and maybe jumpers made of same wire.Low end Kimber has always been deepest I'd go.Know this is off and widening topic but it has always pissed me off as snake oil as percentage of what some folks spend.
Chaszz

i am ahead of you on this one, i have a rabos system from my infinity preludes that i used to have, it measures the frequencies from 20 to 100hz for the sub for that system, on average there is a 1 to 2db drop on all frequencies from 20 to 100hz when the speakers are bi wired as compared to one single wire, i know 1 to 2db is not much but when i listen and compare a single wire to a bi wire setup, the bi wire setup sounds like less bass.
greg

Well, if you can measure a drop off of 1 dB below 100 Hz, that's pretty definitive: there's something wrong with your bi-wire cable, go back to the old cables. Perhaps there's some issue with the connectors.

I still think the explanations for bi-wiring being supposedly superior sound like bafflegab to me. But I wouldn't expect it to be *inferior* to the point where frequencies below 100 Hz would drop compared to frequencies above.