The simple answer is yes, bi-wire. My experience is that bi-wiring always improves all areas of sound quality. The reasons are listed.
- First, if you do not bi-wire, and your speakers came with unshielded metal jumpers (like my ‘97 vintage Apogees) or poor quality shielded wire jumpers, then replace them with wire equal to, or better than, your speaker cable. Electromagnetic interference, including radio frequency interference, will enter a circuit at the weakest shielded point. So it is important to have a quality jumper. Also, you want a quality conductor to not limit current flow by increasing resistance. My Apogee speakers sounded harsh, grainy, and with polite bass using the OEM jumper.
- Second, low frequency drivers demand more current than mid/high frequency drivers. As current flows through a wire, electromagnetic force develops. EMF creates high frequency distortion. By separating the current demand, less EMF is developed in the wire for the mid/high frequency drivers. Therefore, theoretically better SQ.
- Third, bi-wiring obviously increases the amount of conducting material reducing gage. Doubling the wire is not directly proportional to gage number, so the total will not half. But it will go down a couple of units. Decreasing gage reduces resistance and permits easier electron flow, thereby improving sound quality.
- Bi-amping is the ultimate form of bi-wiring. I never had a budget to bi-amp. The technology discussed above applies. In addition, you benefit from two power amplifiers, each with the own power supplies, one handling current demands of the low frequency drivers, the other handling the current demands of the mid/high drivers.
In conclusion, bi-wiring technologically makes sense. My experience has been it improves all areas of SQ with my speakers in my system. My recommendation is to get a demonstration pair of bi-wire cables of your choice and determine if you get improved SQ and if the benefit/cost ratio is worth it