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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
mt10425
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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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dave_b
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I agree with Audiofeil, in that it is system dependent. I just went through this ordeal with my new MG3.6R's. Turns out the single runs with jumpers were superior:O)
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nvanderstoep
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I had been using bi-wire because when I first started with audioquest cabling, it sounded better. I went that way for years, with many different companies, but just recently found that putting in really good cables for a single run easily was outperforming the previous cabling bi-wired. In my mind I think that if the manufacturers made the speaker with two terminals you should bi-wire, but presently, that is just not the best sound for me. (JM Labs Electra 926 speakers)
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