I agree with Audiofeil. I own and have owned many different pairs of speakers however never the PSB Stratus Mini's. In my systems sometimes bi-wiring sounded better and sometimes cable jumpers sounded better. Im sure there is a reason for that and once it was explained to me in a technical fashion. Unfortunately Im electronally challenged and did not understand the verbal explanation. I have no doubt that several members of the Audiogon community are capable of giving the explanation. I prefer the bananas on jumpers that have a knob on the back for expanding the width for a nice secure tight fit.
Should I Bi-Wire or Use Jumpers?
I recently upgraded my 7 year old Kimber 4pr to Speltz Anti-Cable and this made a huuuge improvement... but I want to take it to the next level.
I'm currently using a pair of PSB Stratus Mini's, which can be bi wired but only have one single run of anti-cable along with the stock jumpers in place. My Denon PMA 2000ivr also has a and b speaker outputs for bi wiring.
My question is - will it make any difference if I use a double run on Anti-Cable to bi wire vs. a single run with the addition of anti cable jumpers? The price difference between the two is only about $50.00 so this isnt a concern but jumpers would be slightly easier to manage.
Oh yeah, If my current speaker wire has spades, can I also use jumpers with spades? For example having two sets of spade connections in ony binding post ( speaker wire and jumpers) or will this degrade the sound? Maybe a better option would be banana plugs for the jumpers.
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If your system sounds a little light weight, bi-wiring usually will help to get a fuller bodied sound. I also have found jumpers to surfice, but try connecting the main speakers wires to both sets and listen to which may sound better ( I connect to top and jump to bass). Bare wire will sound best if that feasible. |
In principle biwiring should provide some degree of improvement in accuracy, but subjectively that may not be preferable. See the following threads, especially my posts near the end, in which I provide a technical explanation: http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1247245568 http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1247016622 Regards, -- Al |
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