tomcarr - this is not too surprising given that gdnrbob posted above that Richard Vandersteen himself is a proponent of true/external bi-wiring. I will shoot off an email to Joseph Audio on this issue and see what he recommends re bi-wiring for his speakers........
to bi-wire or not?
Looking for advice on whether to bi-wire my Joseph Audio RM22si speakers. Am currently running Acoustic Zen Satori mono cables which I love. My local dealer tells me moving to bi-wire cables (either Satori shotgun or Hologram II) will make a huge improvement. I have always been under the general impression that unlike bi-amping, bi-wiring is not all that beneficial - but I may be way off base.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
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thanks - hopefully this is the complete link........... https://www.qacoustics.co.uk/blog/2016/06/08/bi-wiring-speakers-exploration-benefits/ |
My speakers, like yours, are relatively high efficiency designs, and my uneducated guess is that as a result we may hear less benefit from doubling the cable size than might be heard when connected to lower efficiency speakers (and/or amps with higher output impedance?). That said, and as I mentioned previously, I still get a small but still tangible benefit in my system, but I'll be interested in your findings. Obviously make sure cables are fully broken before making any definite conclusions. The main reason for this post is to reiterate that this may be a good time to try the aforementioned banana jumpers in addition to the biwires once you have a handle on the biwire effects. These are just 3" thin single wires you'd use to bridge each the two positive and negative speaker posts together. I'm not really sure why this works, but it provided a much greater benefit in my system than just biwiring alone. FWIW. |
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