Why do you think Bi-Wiring improves the sound ?

In my experience bi-wiring never improves the sound, it is always horses for courses, you win something and you lose something.
The initial feeling of an improved sound is often caused by a slightly better separation, but after a while I realise that the presentation have lost some coherence.
I gave up on bi-wiring long ago, and my amplifier manufacturer (Lavardin) bluntly advises against it.
With a limited budget having a better single wire speaker cable rather than a cheaper bi-wire one works fo me.

If 90% of all audio system and probably more, are not rightly embedded in their three dimensions : mechanical, electrical, and acoustical, how is it possible to perceive subtle or less subtle qualitative changes?

How to rightly qualify them positive or negative changes?

How to judge if a cable or 2 cables are always better or always detrimental for the same speakers?

It is impossible.... Why people then give judgements?

Because they dont have a clue about the rightful controls necessary for making the best of their own system...


I know that because I was like that 3 years ago …. :)



If you ask me how do we know if our system is right? I will answer that one clue is that the idea to upgrade anything appear suddenly like a total waste of money....The other clue is when you dont perceive any speakers at all in the room... The last clue is when you clearly distinguish all accurate timbre of each instrument in an orchestra....And perhaps when it is impossible to change any files or any cd just playing now because it is too much beautiful, you are right there....

mahgister wrote: "In my experience bi-wiring never improves the sound”

more details needed to understand findings: 1) speaker: impedance/ 2Way or 3Way / speakers internal x-over design 2) length/resistance/inductance of cable 3) amplifier used

bi-wiring will “tangible” improve sound if: 1) initial cable is long (6+ft, high resistance 50+mOhm, high inductance 2) amplifier is high quality 3) speakers are 3 way

My Mission Cyrus 781 speakers were specifically designed to be bi-wired...At the time I experience a better sound when I go with the dual cabling........

Bi-wiring was required for my Mission speakers and I sense a more detailed sound when I did it...




I dont remember where I just wrote this, but I make a mistake if this is my quote....

mahgister wrote: "In my experience bi-wiring never improves the sound”

Unless Vandersteen knows what your amplifier or wires are, there would be no way to predict the outcome, based on the rest of what you wrote. Products often incorporate designers "beliefs" which may or may not agree with reality.

I’ll trust the speaker designers’ opinions - ON THEIR OWN SPEAKERS. If Vandersteen has designed to benefit from bi-wiring, then the speakers might benefit from bi-wiring. If Dynaudio says "do not bi-wire," they probably won’t benefit from bi-wiring, no matter what Vandersteen says - after all he didn’t design the Dynaudios.