I read a reply about bi-wiring in What HiFi yesterday that I felt I had to share as it makes a lot of sense. The question was about using either single-wire or bi-wire on bi-wireable speakers.
I quote:
"Talk to speaker engineers and you'd be surprised how many don't believe biwirings improves things; changes things, yes; improves, no. It's often the marketing department that insists on the feature, because it sells. We find biwiring makes a speaker more open, but it can reduce cohesion.
We'd choose the better cable and also get a couple of short lengths to replace the nasty connection plates most manufacturers use to link the biwiring terminal for single-wire operation. Replacing these plates can make a sizeable improvement"
Now if I relate the above to my experience of going from single-wire to bi-wire on my speakers, the sound did change with probably more treble, but I could never decide if it was an improvement. I think I should try connecting the terminals with better cable and find out if I prefer that sound ;D
I quote:
"Talk to speaker engineers and you'd be surprised how many don't believe biwirings improves things; changes things, yes; improves, no. It's often the marketing department that insists on the feature, because it sells. We find biwiring makes a speaker more open, but it can reduce cohesion.
We'd choose the better cable and also get a couple of short lengths to replace the nasty connection plates most manufacturers use to link the biwiring terminal for single-wire operation. Replacing these plates can make a sizeable improvement"
Now if I relate the above to my experience of going from single-wire to bi-wire on my speakers, the sound did change with probably more treble, but I could never decide if it was an improvement. I think I should try connecting the terminals with better cable and find out if I prefer that sound ;D
