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I am stunned

After reading these forums for awhile I can finally say that I am a skeptic no longer with respect to biwiring. I recently purchased a demo pair of Martin Logans from a local dealer and found that I did not have enough money to purchase a decent set of speaker cables. As I was getting ready to take the speakers home the dealer stopped me and offered to loan me a set of cables until I had enough cash (Great Dealer!!!) to purchase some cables. Well, when I got home I discovered that the Logans were easily biwirable and that the cables he lent me were biwire cables. When I auditioned the Logans the dealer must have connected the jumpers when I told him I was not interested in biwiring a set of speakers. I figured what the hell, lets give it a try. I connected everything up, popped in a CD and my mouth fell to the floor. Unbelievable. So from one ex-skeptic to anyone who has a doubt. Biwiring works, I am an EE and frankly do not care why anymore.
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chstob
140 posts
 
excuse. . .please strike a certain offending letter "e" in that last one. You know, vanity and all.
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dekay
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I had the same thoughts as Dan when I read the opening of this thread. It will be easy enough to check out, just try them both ways in your current setup.
sugarbrie
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Chstob: I am just commenting on the controversy of all cables with the same specs should all sound the same, and those who hear a difference are just imagining they are. Same controversy with Digital Cables. It is just 1's and 0's going to a computer chip, so all digital cables are the same and the difference is just our imagination.


Megasam's comments are valid and right on. Is a better single $XXX cable better than a lesser Bi-wire cable that cost the same? I have Bi-Wire cables on my B&W's and like what they do. I may try to borrow (or buy used that I can resell) some better single cable and try it out.

sugarbrie
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If you don't mind a double run instead of Bi-Wire cables, I guess you could buy the better single cable and save up for a second pair later to double run. But, then some find a difference between double runs and Bi-Wire cables, which makes this hobby fun and crazy.
chstob
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Sugarbrie, I was not speaking to anything particular in your post re:a controversey, but admit I was unclear. My final comment was general and rhetorical.

Whether real or imagined, there is a difference. No one gets into any trouble until they try and explain why. We humans, with our ultra-sophisticated reasoning abilities, are not very well-suited to just let little conundrums rest. Me? I could care less why, just is. Hence, I don't understand how it amounts to a controversy. Lost o' things are hard to explain in mathematical terms. But to me, that says more about mathematics than it does anything else, because humans don't interface with the world via math formulas.

Maybe though, I have missed the boat completely on this one, and all here are just speaking on some plane I am unable to grasp. If that is the case, I expect to take my licks gettin' straightened out.

Thanks,
Chris
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