Question about Bi-Wiring


My speakers, Martin Logan Motion 40's, are bi-wire capable.

But I have not tried to bi-wire them just yet.

I was wondering, if I were to get better jumper cables to replace the default metal plate jumpers that came with the speakers, would that accomplish the same results as actually bi-wiring the speakers

Or

Should I just go straight to actually bi-wiring?

Thanks

128x128jay73

Thanks for all the input.

I have a bit of a dumb question.

Now, I there are some speaker cables made specifically for Bi-Wire, like from AudioQuest.

But other then that, would I need to 2 pairs of speaker cables for each terminal? For example, 1 banana plug and maybe 1 spade to each speaker terminal?

I do know that from the positive output of the amp, it would go to both of the positive terminals on the speaker but if the speaker cables are not made specifically for that purpose (as majority are not), I am assuming I need to use 2 pairs per terminal.

Thnx

 

It depends on the amp. If your amp has dual taps (like mine), or if you are bi-amping, then to speaker cable runs. If not, there bi-wire speaker cables already made and available from most cable manufacturers that have two leads on the amp side, and four on the speaker side

Analysis Plus and Acoustic Zen have a variety of biwire - shotgun and straight up.

I've tried the stock Tannoy jumper wires, AP Oval 8 and NBS and can't say I hear much difference. The Tannoy are still breaking in, so time will tell....I'm definitely going to listen a biwire once they have, though. I have my eye out for some AZ double barrel or Hologram. Listening is the best way to tell, but there's plenty of recommendation for biwiring out there if it's possible. So...try it out and let us know what you find!

Made my own jumpers out of neotech stranded 12 teflon...aeco banana's...dont miss old ones fo sho.