Rodmann thanks for the link and to all for the opinions. I am going to try the biwire. Now I just have to find a used set. During the course of this thread the volcanos and mont blancs both sold.
Bi-wired vs Single Termination
Recently upgraded speakers to B&W 804s and want to upgrade speaker cables. B&W has ability to be bi-wired or to use their supplied jumper at the speaker terminals. What is the adjantage of a bi-wired cable vs a single termination and use of B&W jumpers. I am looking at a used set of Volcanos with single banana plugs vs a set of Mont Blanc with bi-wiring. I understand volcano is a "better" cable but all things being equal which configuation is "better". Speakers are not being bi-amped and at this time I do not intend to bi-amp them.
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I got into this Bi-wire thing when I got my Vandersteen 5A's. Richard Vandersteen says and I have become a believer that to bi-wire you must have 2 totally seperate pair of cables - 8 wires for a bi-wired stereo pair. Go to the Vandersteen website where you will see an explanation, however, my ears tell me that he's correct. Jumpers are a total waste of time. |
This is a very interesting subject. I was always one to say two separate runs, biwired and combined at the amp end, was the best way to go. Jumpers seemed to be a band-aid solution. But then I became enamored with Synergistic Research cables (namely their Tesla active line). Ted And the folks at SR are actively (no pun intended) pushing for an integrated jumper architecture, not two wires. Read their explanation here: >SR biwire theory |
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