Why do you think Bi-Wiring improves the sound ?

Did these discussions exist when audio equipment had tone controls? Everybody talks about changing what you hear with different wires. Wasn’t it easier in the past when if something didn’t quite sound right you could go up to your preamp And make a simple adjustment?

The above two posts are valuable in that they both touch on what may be useful points. Bi-wiring, for example, with at least some Vandersteen speakers (e.g. 2CE), apparently allows the user to make tonal changes via dials on the back of the speaker. In other words, the speaker is designed to be bi-wired, and to allow the user to adjust the midrange and tweeter levels.

Assuming that the two features are not distinct (i.e. completely separate), then of course the combination will allow the user to change the sound. Considering that to be an advantage is one thing, but to argue that bi-wiring alone improves sound is another.

With regard to @hshifi's point that bi-wiring allows the user to "tune" the wires is similar. That would be very different from the claim that a simple bi-wire setup is somehow superior to a single cable. Simply adding "more" cable is not in any way supportive of bi-wire being superior, and for what should be obvious reasons.

Thank God that on that third swing Richard Vandersteen hit it out of the park in 1977 and continues to do so....

but in the end, nothing makes it into the product without.... listening to music...

OP glad to be of some help and let me know how your listening tests go

No ! Many non bi-wire speakers can be designed with an L pad in the midrange and or tweeter circuit. In the Vandersteen 2 and 3 they are very carefully deployed with a very high quality device that should not be used frequently as one might a tone control. The range is significantly less than available via most tone controls. You can read more by downloading a manual from the Vandersteen website.

finally, at least for Vandersteen IF you wish to preserve time and phase, do NOT use a different wire for the two legs of the Biwire!!!
a notable exception is the new Audioquest wire that has the RF trap on the bass.

have fun, enjoy the music

Here's my short take on this:

Amplifiers are more susceptible to impedance variations than we think, even in solid state.  I think we are hearing these changes, and when you bi-wire you, perhaps to a very small amount, are changing R, L and C.

Now, the question, _if_ I am correct, and _if_ it makes a difference, is this small change worth $5?  I have no idea, but have you thought about room acoustics??  ;-)