Yep, that works fine, just don't accidentally short the two terminals.
Bi-Wire with two pairs of speaker cables
Stupid question:
My speakers have dual binding posts, so they can be biwired. Want to try. Currently using single wire speakers with jumpers.
So instead of selling current speaker wire, and buying new biwire set, can I get a second set of single speaker wire, identical to what I have, and run them from my Amp to the second set of binding posts on my speakers? Of course, removing the jumpers. I think I have enough space on Amp to fit a second set of spades
My speakers have dual binding posts, so they can be biwired. Want to try. Currently using single wire speakers with jumpers.
So instead of selling current speaker wire, and buying new biwire set, can I get a second set of single speaker wire, identical to what I have, and run them from my Amp to the second set of binding posts on my speakers? Of course, removing the jumpers. I think I have enough space on Amp to fit a second set of spades
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@thyname - I have tried this, but to my ears the only thing that improved the sound was replacing the little mettal strip-jumpers (those generally supplied with bi-wire speaker terminalss) with a quality jumper made from wire. Bi amping ia a different approach that can definitely improve sound quality. One tweak that often improves sound quality with a biwire speaker (using quality wire jumpers) is inserting the +ve wire into the H.F. terminal and the neutral wire into the -ve L.F. terminal. Strange, but effective! Other that have tried this also reported improvements One quality wire that I use a lot from Take Five Audio is this one... https://www.takefiveaudio.com/products/1095-mil-spec-12-awg-silver-plated-copper-cryo-treated-red/ It's a 12 gauge wire, but they also have other gauges available - e.g. I have used their 16 gauge wire for the +ve jumper and their 12 gauge wire for the neutral jumper with noticeable improvements Hope that helps - Steve |
@thyname - nope - you install the jumpers across the red and black terminals as normal (red to red and black to black). But when you connect the actual speaker cable, you conenct the red wire to the HF RED terminal and the black wire to the LF black terminal. Hope that clarifies things a bit better :-) |
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