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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.
dave123456
rse
6 posts
 
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.
face
516 posts
 
Get a pair of high quality jumpers.
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almarg
9,670 posts
 
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
mt10425
1,138 posts
 
Also, if you single wire onto the HF taps and jump to the LF taps as I do (and some companies such as Tannoy recommend), you may also find improvement.
hevac1
812 posts
 
Some speaker even though they have seperate terminals you must use the jumper wire becuase the crossover is in the bass cabinet. My Verity Ovations are like that, I can only use jumpers.
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