It's not always better. I don't know if it is my speakers, my amps, or the speaker/amp interface, but, my system sounds better not bi wired. It is better though using a double run of the same cables.
What's the sonic advantage of bi-wiring
Hello, I'm running a pair of bi-wireable King electrostatic speakers with a pair of VAC monoblocks. I'm using a borrowed pair of Kimber Monocle XL cables with Audience AU24e jumpers. Can anyone give me an idea of what kind of sonic differences I would hear by using bi-wired speaker cables. I'm thinking about using Audience AU24e cables. Any insight would be helpful.
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The cables may not make all that much difference - the speaker crossovers are probably the bigger determining factor for what if any benefit you might find with bi-wiring. There's some fairly good and accessible info at sites like Elliott Sound Products: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=elliott+sound+products+bi-wiring |
Definitely biwire, no questions about it. The King will sound much better when biwired, as will the VAC amps. I reviewed the King as well as the VAC Phi 200 amps for Dagogo.com. I bought the King following the review, as it is such a fantastic ESL, and without exception ran it biwired. You would be losing a lot of the speaker's potential if you did not do so. The other option is to secure a very good quality jumper cable as opposed to the supplied jumpers. This will likely improve the sound nicely but I cannot say whether it will be as good as biwiring. Now, the speaker cabling itself used for biwiring is critical; if a poor caliber of wire is used the system sound will suffer, but if you use a fine quality sounding wire your system will shine. |
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