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What am I missing out on here - Bi- wiring Speaker

Here on Audiogon people suggesting and recommending,if you do not used two individual runs of cables or a shotgun biwire configuration.Then you can use a jumper cables.I am
using a 6 inch set of jumper.They are recommending 30 inches of jumper cables or 1 meter long.What is the ( Sonic difference) that I am missing out on here. Short is not better here and why not. Thank YOU
blcube
drrdiamond
671 posts
 
Who is they?

If you do not want to use biwiring (which is usually better, but more expensive), the jumper wire should be short.

Richard
bomarc
501 posts
 
What you're missing out on here is a common-sense approach. Shorter is indeed better, unless you're trying to use wires as non-adjustable tone controls, in which case verrrry long is better. Now, the shortest distance between two sets of binding posts is the little metal strip that came with your speakers. If you think replacing these with something else sounds better, then replace them. But make sure they sound better to YOU. How they sound to anybody else isn't important.
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nrchy
2,124 posts
 
I don't understand it, but I have heard cable companies say that they will not make speaker cables shorter than one meter. There is some type of sonic effect which does not take place if the run is too short. I wish I remembered this better!

Some might say it's just a money issue and the companies are trying to make an extra buck, but the difference in cost between a one meter pair and 1.5 meters is extremely small, so I doubt this is the issue.
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