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biwire trick

Some of you seasoned vets may have heard of this, but I had never thought about it. Researching jumpers led me to Music direct's website, where in the description of some Nordost jumpers it read to try switching one lead from both mid and tweet. IOW take the positive lead from the tweeter and swap it with the pos lead from the mid.

I have a true biwire setup (separate runs for mid and tweet), don't know if this makes a diff, but the sound definitely improved: fuller, more natural, larger stage. try it as one of the easiest, free tweaks to do. You may be surprised.
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almarg
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Unless there is a downside electrically, which I haven't read yet ....
I think that the only conceivable downside would be a philosophical one, along the lines of Shadorne's last comment. It could be argued that you are raising the effective cable inductance to compensate for an imperfection elsewhere in the system or the room. But given that nothing is perfect, and that the adjustment is extremely small in electrical terms, as a practical matter I don't see any issues. I would think of it simply as fine tuning the system.

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You learn something new every day, thanks Al!
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I would argue that this "trick" is definitely the wrong way to bi-wire speakers

Wrong? Different.
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Wrong? Different.

No just plain wrong. If one wanted to roll off the treble ever so slightly then there are better tools for that, such as tone controls, an EQ or more room treatments etc.

Cables should be neutral. Using cables to tune things is such a cumbersome way to achieve a simple task it beggars belief!
tholt OP
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No just plain wrong. If one wanted to roll off the treble ever so slightly then there are better tools for that, such as tone controls, an EQ or more room treatments etc.

Who said anything about tone control or rolled off treble? Please re-read my my findings. But I suppose I could go back to the 'right' configuration, satisfied that I'm not doing something I'm not supposed to be doing, and just pretend that it sounded better than the 'wrong' way.

Scream 'cables should be (insert word here)!' all you want, Shardorne. As Elizabeth said, "Theory is great for arguing." I'm not here to argue.
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