Has biwire speaker cabling become "old" ?


I notice some makers are not stocking biwire termination. Has biwire gone out of favor ? Was it sonically meaningless ?
Have speaker makers dropped it ? Do us owners of biwire built speakers need to resort to jumpers or aftermarket biwire cables now ?
garn509
Funny thing, my Dunlavy speakers have bi-wire terminals. If he didn't believe in them why did he put them on his speakers?
Funny thing, my Dunlavy speakers have bi-wire terminals. If he didn't believe in them why did he put them on his speakers?
Rja

Because some marketing types told him audiophiles demand it.
Anytime you can keep signals separate it's usually a good things. The signals are different on each run and it's night to keep them away from each other if you can. Higher resolution systems will shows the differences most of the time.
Ctsooner

Not sure where you got this information, but if you are biwiring using only one amp, the signal is identical on both cables.
03-20-15: Rja
Funny thing, my Dunlavy speakers have bi-wire terminals. If he didn't believe in them why did he put them on his speakers?

Speaker designers do this for many reasons. Bi-amping is a higher priority reason that speaker manufacturers use multiple binding posts than bi-wiring though. Another reason is marketing, and meeting consumer demand.
Believe it or not, some people won't buy speakers if they can't bi-amp/bi-wire.
My 25 yr old Spendor S100's are configured for TRI-wiring and I've been doing so for over a decade! I recall hearing a difference for the better when I 1st went 'tri' over a decade ago but haven't felt the need to experiment in quite some time. Honestly, I'm one of those audiophiles that 'plateaued' a while ago. To me, my rig sounds glorious, so now I concentrate on spending my money on the music.