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Thread: Bi-wiring your speakers? |
    
Bronze Member Username: Soundideas
Post Number: 14
Registered: Jul-05
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| Posted on Saturday, July 23, 2005 - 08:00 pm: |
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How many here feel that bi-wiring makes your speakers sound better? |
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Silver Member Username: T_bomb25
Dayton,
Ohio
United States
Post Number: 359
Registered: Jun-05
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| Posted on Saturday, July 23, 2005 - 08:12 pm: |
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A good design it will I would rather have single wiring though some companies like Dynaudio,Sonus Faber,Vienna Accoustics dont beleive in biwiring{Franco Serblin} Sonous Faber doesnt believe in biwiring he says you should not split the crossover in half.But lots of people have their own theories,If its designed right it will be a difference in sound if you biwire. |
Silver Member Username: Diablo
Fylde Coast, England
Post Number: 171
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Sunday, July 24, 2005 - 07:33 am: |
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I've tried it and found no significant advantage - or disadvantage.
When I initially biwired, I thought it sounded a lot better (clearer mid-range). But I then compared it blind and couldn't tell the difference. If you spend time and money making a change of any sort, then you want (or demand) that it sounds better.
I'm not saying that it will never make a difference. There is some analysis here -
http://www.pcavtech.com/techtalk/biwire/
which shows that "Biwiring has no electrical effect if the speaker wire is properly designed for the speaker and the length of the wire, and the wire has lower series impedance than the source impedance of the power amp - both these conditions are commonly satisfied." (my emphasis).
Speaker manufacturers can have different views, e.g.
http://www.legendspeakers.com.au/information/biwiring.html
http://www.coincidentspeaker.com/whatsnew.html#Anchor-Wh-20834
Try doing a search on this board for hundreds of other opinions.
diablo |
Gold Member Username: Artk
Albany,
Oregon
USA
Post Number: 1290
Registered: Feb-05
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| Posted on Sunday, July 24, 2005 - 09:43 am: |
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If your speakers are designed with biwiring in mind it does make a difference. It makes a difference with my Paradigm Studio 40's. There is a small improvement in coherence. |
Silver Member Username: Joe_c
Oakwood,
Ga
Post Number: 726
Registered: Mar-05
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| Posted on Sunday, July 24, 2005 - 10:15 am: |
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I do suggest removing the jumper bars you get with bost bi-wirable speakers though. Replace it with jumpers made of the same wire your using. Also I would try connecting the wires from the amp diagonally instead of buying twice the wire. |
Gold Member Username: Paul_ohstbucks
Post Number: 1643
Registered: Jan-05
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| Posted on Sunday, July 24, 2005 - 01:32 pm: |
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How about tri-wiring??
If two pair is better, WOW....I bet three would be really great!! |
Silver Member Username: Petergalbraith
Rimouski,
Quebec
Canada
Post Number: 992
Registered: Feb-04
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| Posted on Monday, July 25, 2005 - 12:44 pm: |
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If your speakers are designed with biwiring in mind it does make a difference.
Hard to tell if they are, since it is also a marketing gimmick for some speakers. |
New member Username: Mr_bias
Post Number: 2
Registered: Jul-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 01:28 am: |
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I enjoy the Audio Critic, an online (previously in print) publication that uses scientific and quantifiable measurements to test audio equipment, along with a healthy dose of double-blind tests. Here's their take on Biwiring, along with other "Top 10 Audio Lies..." This might be opening a can of worms, but #7 covers Biwiring concisely.
http://www.theaudiocritic.com/downloads/article_1.pdf |
Silver Member Username: Joe_c
Oakwood,
Ga
Post Number: 743
Registered: Mar-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 07:08 am: |
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I agree with that article, I really don't hear any difference at all, but I did with removing those gold jumper bars. |
Silver Member Username: Black_math
Post Number: 263
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 06:17 pm: |
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What do you call liars when they are lying about what the lies may be? |
Silver Member Username: Joe_c
Oakwood,
Ga
Post Number: 749
Registered: Mar-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 08:23 pm: |
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politicians? |
