If Bi-Wiring is an option, should I choose Bi-wiring over single banana with free jumpers


Hello All!

Newbie here : ) I have a pair of speakers (MartinLogan Motion 40i) that have, according to the website, "dual five-way binding post speaker terminals which allow bi-amping or bi-wiring." As you can see in the top right photo of the speaker terminals in this link, the speakers came with free jumpers (the jumpers look like just a sheet of conductive metal) between the 4 terminals. 

https://www.martinlogan.com/en/product/motion-40i

So when purchasing speaker cables, placing the best quality connection over cost, should I:

1. (Cheapest) Get single banana plugs and use the included free jumpers, or

2. (More costly but will it be WAY better?) Get Bi-wire speaker cables and remove the free jumpers.

3. Get single banana plugs, and find some high quality jumpers to replace the free included jumpers.

If it doesnt matter much to sound quality, it seems option #1 is best as its cheapest. However my goal is to get the best/most efficient connection so i suspect options #2 or #3 might be the way to go? 

Many thanks for any advice!

 

steve_a001

I upgraded and went Biwire at the same time. I noticed an improvement right away, which I attribute to the Biwire. Then an improvement after a couple of hundred hours, which I attribute to the cable upgrade. Looking back, I should have made one move at a time. Quality jumpers may have led to the same result. 

Any way you can get rid of the metal jumper plates will be an improvement.  You can make some jumpers using Mogami bulk 12 gauge wire and just wrap the naked ends around the speaker terminals.  Anything more is entirely up to you.

All the best.

You won't notice any objective difference with bi-wiring or replacing the jumpers. Why would a long time, reputable company supply "junk" with their products? That seriously fails the common sense test.

As has been said several times above - one set of cables and same cable jumpers. One quality cable is better than two inferior ones.