Advantages of bi-wire?

Tvad,

I think I have bi wired the pair of ATC's on my desktop, to the extent that I use two sets of connectors on each speaker which emerge from a single cable?

But I too am a little confused regarding theoretical and actual benefits, so I was just kidding around a bit.

Bi-wiring is for the politically correct audiophile.

Don't hear, don't tell.

I biwire because I had the extra cable available to do so, but I can't honestly say I heard that much of a difference. One thing to try before you spring for the extra cable ...

Try hooking up your single wire cable as follows and see if you hear a difference. + to the treeter + and - to the woofer -. Then use jumpers to the other connectore. Or try reversing it, + to the woofer + and - to the tweeter -.

I've heard good reports that this "cross wiring" will improve on just hooking the cable to the tweeter (or woofer) + and - and jumping from there.

Enjoy,
Bob

completely agree with tvad--having experimented with biwiring with alot of different speakers, i've heard great improvement in some cases and no improvement or no discernible difference in others. i do suspect, however unscientifically, that manufacturers push biwiring because audiophiles generally believe the more wires the better, not necessarily because there's a sonic advantage. note that some very well-regarded manufacturers like thiel that don't offer biwiring and opine that single wiring/amping is superior; i guess like most things audio there are no absolutes.