Bi-Wire or Double Run of Single Wire ???

I had my Linn Nexus Bi-wired for about 20 years. I went to a single wire and replaced the plated jumpers with high quality wire and the sound is notably better.

After a great deal of tweaking and listening, I settled on the following config:

• A single run of UP-OCC copper cables with Banana connectors
  • Zavfino makes some very good UP-OCC cables
• 20" (0.5 metter) jumpers (DIY) made of
  • 2 x 18 gauge solid UP-OCC copper with airlok insulation.to bridge LF/HF terminals
  • with KLE Innovations Bananas
  • the Cables were plugged into the LF terminals
  • The 20" length was the result of a lot of testing by an aquaintance.

The KLE Innovations Bananas

• allow you to "Stack" the banana plugs
  • So you can attach the jumpers to the speakers
  • and then plug the cables into the banana plugs of the jumpers
• http://image99.net/blog/files/f6ae775e30339e2b0375b739988237b7-77.html
• They provide a much better connection than bare wire and most spade connectors
  • Furez Spades are the best I have tried

The only problem is the bananas take around 200 hours to break-in, but after that they sound amazing

If you want to know more about some excellent DIY cables just ask

Regards - Steve

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03-21-2022 at 12:47I had my Linn Nexus Bi-wired for about 20 years.