Biwire Speaker Question


I have a Rotel 1080 Amp with 2 sets of Binding Post per Channel. Alot of biwire cables come with 2 wires on the amp side and 4 wires at the speaker. Is there any advantage to running 4 wires per channel out of the amp versus 2 or are they exactly the same? I would appreciate any advice before making the cable investment.

Thanks
tigermark89
You have to compare apples to apples here.

Whether your biwire cabling is two separate sheaths or one sheath with two cables inside, the wire gauge at the amp end is going to be the sum of the wire gauges at the speaker end.

The OP asked if the connection at the amp end was better made to a single output post (per channel), or divided between the two output posts available. Kal's monosyllable was correct IMHO, electrically and sonically.

The best reason to use both posts is convenience and secure connection. If you have two sparate cable runs, they connect to the speakers on two different posts, and the nuts on those posts are easy to screw down tight. When you connect those two wires to a single post on the amp, they may not be easy to tighten and keep tight, especially if the wires are heavy and the connectors are large spades.

If, like me, you have a single, two-in-one biwire cable (a "shotgun" configuration), the two wires are joined together at the amp-end connector. Connecting this to a single binding post is easy.
Thanks, Tobias. Of course, one can introduce spurious variables, like a pigtail which reduces the effective wire guage, but connecting the two pairs together at one set of amp terminals or internally when the amp has two sets of terminals, is exactly the same.

Kal
Some people run four separate wires instead of biwire cables to taylor the sound. They'll use one brand of cable for the low connector and another brand of cable for the highs.
With my SDAT SB-E639 speakers....they sound better with a single run up to the top posts (mids and highs) and then run jumpers of the same wire or cable going down to the bottom posts (bass) I think the sound is cleaner and smoother this way....
Dear folks,

Two sets per each channel in the amplifier may have a different purpose and meaning such as speaker impedance ranges(I used to have Nikko Alpha amp where I have to choose the right combo of a binding posts for a specific speaker),
a capability of connecting more than one pair of a speakers(switchable or playable at the same time)...

Otherwise if it somehow may make difference in the speaker side on the amp side it's realy no difference.