Speaker Sound


Hi.

I hope that I do not sound dumb asking this. I just connected a pair of PSB Stratus Mini's to a Krell S-300i without jumpers or biwire  speaker cable. Is it common to have a dull lifeless sound without jumpers or biwire speaker cable? 

rocket94

Something sounds wrong.  PSB makes pretty good speakers and certainly don’t design speakers with the glaring flaws you’re describing.  I’m guessing there’s a problem somewhere and replacing jumpers won’t likely fix it.  Bi-wiring budget speakers seems silly.  If anything, demo some jumpers and go from there, but something else seems amiss. 

Do I need jumpers with Biwire speaker cable? Will the cables be enough?

The theory of bi-wiring is that separating the current of each driver improves clarity.  If you use jumpers and bi-wire you are eliminating the benefits because now the current flow will be equivalent in both sets of wires.

Or use speaker wire as jumpers.

@teeter ^obviously^ … but at this point the OP could cut up and old extension cord and use that wire if he/she was too lazy to leave the house.

“no wire” jumping over, is worse that using some “non magical” speaker wire.