Von scheikert VR4jr what are you using ?

Jdodmead
You should keep the plate, that will serve as the connection for the top woofer. Enjoy

Ive tryed a couple krells on my vr-4HSE I had with dissapionting sound. Skip them.

Jdodmead,
No definitely do not use the jumper plates. As long as you are biwiring to the lowest posts on the woofer cabinet and the posts on the mid/tweeter cabinet, you are doing what VSR wants.

The "top woofer" is not connected in any way to the upper posts on the woofer cabinet. Try it and see!

VSR says the concept of the datalink is so that, temporarily, a user may use a single run of speaker cable connected preferably to the mid/tweeter cabinet, through the datalink so the signal exits out the upper posts on the woofer cabinet, and then through the jumper plates to the lower posts, which connect to both woofers.
Jeesh, I'd rather save a few $$$ and do away with the datalink and the unused posts!

Mfsoa

My point exactly! electricity follows the path of least resistance. ALWAYS. A network I think, has more resistance than brass plates. using the plates should, if they are connected internally via a net, would short out, or by pass the net. They make no sense if they are necessary to connect the bottom drivers... or anything else for that matter. given there is internal wiring....

Additionally, given a network can employ caps, they allow for directional flow of electricity... The plates on both posts make the appearance of one connecting spot. Either top or bottom... either should suffice, electrically. BUT an internal net would be defeated using the plates, were they wired internally, and connected to the associated posts as well. It's one or the other. both shouldn't work, irrispective of the other.. and surely not together... JR's are confusing.... but I do know something about electricity. Electricity does the same thinhg everywhere, with everything... even if it's made in China.

Albert's a pretty smart guy... I doubt he'd add posts that serve no purpose and intimate a connection to a driver, as is the industry norm. It's counterproductive, and 'un-intuitive'.

I agree that the post placement is not well designed. The better solution would have been a single pair of woofer posts placed high enough on the woffer cabinet that the standard bi-wire cables would span the to sets of posts. It would also eliminate the issue of having one pair of wires that have more slack than the other pair when bi-amping.

I have been loving the results with tubes on top and SS on the bass cabinets. I have AP silver ovals on top and oval 9 below. It's a been a very rewarding configuratoin for me.