Bi-wire options

In #1 and #2, if you attach all cable terminals to the speaker's upper OR lower binding posts, it's not biwiring.
#3. Seems to me this reduces the very benefits of biwiring, by recombining a portion of the cable together at the speaker end.
#4. Again, this substantially reduces the benefit of biwiring, ESPECIALLY if done by different types of cable or sizes of conductors.

I believe in biwiring especially if one is taking advantage of the special affinities of various cables, conductors, etc. I'd connect both terminals of the 'high' cable to the 'high' posts and both 'low' cable terminals to the 'low' posts and NOT use jumpers.

BTW it's 'biwiring' and not 'bi-wiring'. :-)
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sorry, i meant hooking single wires to bi-wire terminals.

"sorry, i meant hooking single wires to bi-wire terminals"

Oh.

In that case, 3 won't work.
1,2 and 4 will, so try 'em.

Kal

Hi Marvin. Sonically it's up to you to discover which you like best. However from one standpoint, because the low frequency drivers are going to demand the most power, I'd connect your single wire speaker cables to those first. Allow the jumpers to supply the less demanding tweeters.

I agree with jeffreybehr and would add that some people including myself like to use identical speaker cables for both low's and high's runs to the amp.Others like to use heavier gauge on the low's and lighter gauge wiring on the high's.I personally use Analysis Oval 9's but seen Kimber Kable 8TC for low's combined with 4TC for high's that really like to try.
Best
George