Bi Wiring - Any Good

It does indeed work, however, only if the crossover was properly designed in the first place! You can now buy budget loudspeakers for $199/pr which have "bi-wire" inputs, but the chance that the crossovers in these units are any good from a "single wire" input standpoint is questionable. Remember on thing, all of the caveats that go along with component matching (in this case amplifier/cable/loudspeaker) are at work here, but with DOUBLE the variables. Bi-wiring is not a magic fix for a poor sounding system. Get all of the other aspects of your system "right" and then, as they say in England, "suck it and see". The golden rule of audio is as follows "if it sounds good to you, it is good". No amount of further advice is required.

Biwiring is a scam only unless your going to biamp your equipment with the same amps running left&right speakers. Its just so cable companies get on the ban wagon. IS there a differences yes but its not better than single wiring . try taking your the binding post out of your speaker then connect the high terminals to the bottom bind post:disconecting the top u now then turned it into a single wire connection now u will hear the difference cause theres no jumpers involved and they most definitly make a diff. you will hear the diff. believe me go try and Email back. enjoy the maze Mgwatt

I view all of this as suspect and voodoo. But, after listening to a bunch of cables, I selected a bi-wire with one one of those "mystery matrix" thingees in them. Oh well, trust your ears.

I view all of this as suspect and voodoo. But, after listening to a bunch of cables, I selected a bi-wire with one one of those "mystery matrix" thingees in them. Oh well, trust your ears.

Bi-Wire works best if the speaker has the X-over sections separated (hi-pass / low-pass). Actually, just separating the X-O improves most speaker's sound. Have done this on DCM TimeWindows, NHT Super Zeros (had to relocate the X-O outside the cab). In both cases, restructuring the X-O made the speakes sound better; wider soundstage, better imaging, tighter bass, clearer highs. Going to bi-wire improved the sound again, but not as dramatically as the X-O work. OTOH, w/ better designs built w/ sep. X-O boards, going from single to bi-wire, the change in sound is not as noticable. One idea that doesn't seem to work (at least not for me) is to use diff. type cable for the lows and highs (ie: 10 ga monster for the lows and DH Silver for the highs). I've tried it sev. times and have yet to find a combo that sounded as good as matched bi-wire runs.