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Single-wire biwire versus single-wire plus jumper

My speakers have separate tweeter and mid-bass connectors, like so many do. I assume that shotgunning separate single-wire runs from amp to upper and lower is best (although this may be controversial). But I don't want to pay for double runs of this expensive cable and anyway it would look a bit messy.

I had been planning to run single wire to the mid-bass drivers and then jumper to treble.

This speaker manufacture offers the option of having a Single-wire run terminate in bi-wire at the speaker side. This eliminates the need for a jumper, but it means that the gauge of wire that arrives at the mid-woofer will be smaller than a pure single wire run with jumper.

What do you think? No audible difference? Huge difference? Ever tried both and compared?
Thanks,
Art
artmaltman
opus88
530 posts
 
"I had been planning to run single wire to the mid-bass drivers and then jumper to treble."

I get the most coherent, satisfying sound using this approach.
celtic66
1,668 posts
 
I run the single wire up through the bass terminals to treble. Hate jumpers and extra expense of shotgun.
artmaltman OP
769 posts
 
Celtic66, you use the SAME wire and you just make a long length of it bare, is that correct?
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geoch
354 posts
 
I try with astronomical price cable to make jumbers, but the advantages of the biwiring are unequaled.
Next step was to skip the binding posts and directly solder the x-over outputs with the separate cables.
Finaly I put the x-overs before the power amps.
I'm wondering why some manufactures have returning backwards to only 2 binding posts?
Today after a long lasting love with 3 Cardas models, I decide to settle to a fairly uncolored cable 'cause in many critical decisions that I've had, those lovely Cardas were cheaters and so my conclusions were faulty.
My present ref. cable is: VDH "Inspiration". It is fairly cheap ( 120 euro/m ) and inside the tube it has 2 blue & 2 red runs and although it is recommended to strip the 2 pairs together, you can use them temporarily as biwire until your budget allows for a second pair.
Also I strongly suggest you to skip the binding posts & hardwire direct with silver solder. At the amplifier side you can enhance the connection with Walker Audio E-SST.
Another point of concern is the internal wiring (mostly low level). There you must proceed with the same cable idealy.

George
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