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Biwiring make any sense?

I am on the verge of adding new floor standers to my setup as my room has enlarged.  Options being considered are KEF R7 Metas and PSAudio Aspen FR10's.  Both have biwireable terminals, the KEF has a jumper switch  and the PS has jumper wires to bridge the terminals.  The other option from dealing with the jumpers is to biwire the speakers.  In this case I could run a banana and a spade off each output terminal.  Is this even worth considering?  Biamping is not something I'm interested in, as I already am running off an integrated amp.  I had a pair of BassZillas before, each one of which had 3 sets of terminals, the top 2 being biwired, but that's a different deal (I don't have those cables anymore).  Speaker comments would be welcome too.  Amp is PSAudio Spectral Strata w/150 watts into 4 ohms.

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immatthewj
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There are probably a lot of other threads on the topic, but

biwiring thread

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carlsbad2
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Biwiring is only advantageous if your speaker wires are undersized.  but some people believe in it so speaker manufacturers don't want to lose a sale for lack of a second set of terminals.

Jerry

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howardlee OP
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thanks a bunch

zlone
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I have KEF Reference 1’s, so similar to your situation. I had two sets of Acoustic Zen speaker wires available so I tried biwiring. There was a bit more bass response, as for the highs, I did not notice a significant difference, but my hearing is limited in the upper ranges. I also tried some OCC Zavfino jumpers, my assessment is they provided a slightly fuller sound, but not a significant boost. My feeling is you are better off investing in the best set of single run speaker cables. I highly recommend the Acoustic Zen Satori’s as a starting point, they made a significant difference in my system. 

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