shotgun vs. bi-wire cables

What is the difference between speaker cables that are configured in a shotgun vs. a bi-wire design?

fatparrot03-08-2004 8:44pm

driver Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 750 posts 03-09-2004 at 02:42pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete More information here and also in the archives.
mikesinger Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 572 posts 03-09-2004 at 04:15pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete btw, i have found that a true shotgun offer much better bass response and improved imaging than a split internal bi-wire. btw,a shotgun configuration can be used in a single termination setup. some wires such as the tara reference series and the van den hul revalation hybrid offers 1 individual cable per termination. so in a single wire setup there is a seperate cable for the + and a seperate cable for the -. and in a bire wire situation there would literally be 4 cables per side. hope that helps. mike mike
darrylhifi Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 498 posts 03-10-2004 at 12:06am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I generally agree with Roberts answer although Audience cables have the opposite philisophy. And do not accept any free CD's from Robert as they contain subliminal messages. Perhaps thats why he refused to allow me to substitute that devilish drug inspiried Jazz CD he is pushing, for Grand Funk Railroad's greatest hits . {all two of them}.