How many audiophiles bi wire their speakers????

Yes, I bi-wire and am going to tri-wire as soon as I can find another set of cables (Veritas 1.8's are set up from factory for tri-wire). I think it does help sound quality. I currently have the Highs and Mids jumpered together and the Lows on their own. These speakers sound wonderful single wired, but the clarity seemed to improve somewhat with the current bi-wire arrangment.

Anyone wanting to read a good explanation of Vertical Bi-Amplification should go to:

http://www.caryaudio.com/html/biamping/html

To sum it up:

1. One stereo amp per channel, equals 4 channels of amplification

2. Each stereo amp is dedicated to one channel...vertical bi-amping

3. The two inputs of each stereo amp are wired in parallel

4. Outputs are wired separately to woofer and midrange tweeter inputs on the loudspeaker

Thanks to Dennis J. Had for this excellent informational write-up (president of Cary Audio).

He really turned my listening experience around. (Unfortunately, I use McIntosh equipment :) )

Jbatlanta;

The server could not find this post. I did go to caryaudio and the faq was interesting, but this document was not there.

the Cary Posts are written so well that it would be interesting to read this one, too.

Some bi-amp info. http://sound.westhost.com/bi-amp.htm

Dave

I have a pair of Innersound ISIS (Electrostatic Hybrid) speakers and I have bi-wired and bi-amped them. IMO bi-amping made a considerable difference. I use a High Current SS amp for the bass and moderately powered tube amp for the mid/high panels.

It may be that hybrids lend themselves to this application better than other speakers but you should give it a try if you can.