Bi-wiring loudspeakers is there really a difference?

[mtrycrafts]

Sure, that term happens to be a very common term used in the electrical power and telecommunication world.

Yes, and their cables are verrrrry long.


Maybe I need more r....s

 

[mtrycrafts]

No worries at all.
I think the keywords "Transmission line theory" made quite a bit of a stir.
But yea I'll read those articles you posted.

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Why don't you make some calculations of losses in a speaker wire, say 14 ga and 10 ft or 40 ft.
Maybe we can see what not to worry about.

 

[Pogre]

wow. so glad I didn't make another thread... I'm quite sure you guys are too. lol

so bi wiring is basically useless, but bi amping may yield marginal results? I have my mains bi wired... because I can. fortunately I didn't break the bank on speaker cable. just got some 14 guage from home depot, split the cables then braided everything back together.

somewhere down the road I intended to get a 7.2 channel amp to try bi amping, but from what I've been reading here that's probably going to be about as useless as bi wiring. I get a little confused when reading specs on avr's and they say there are seperate dedicated amps for each channel, then read up something else about how the power supply is all the same for all speakers, just split up among them? #confused

I suppose at the end of the day my money will be better spent getting a more powerful 5.2 channel avr over going with a 7.2 and bi amping my main speakers?

 

[lovinthehd]

wow. so glad I didn't make another thread... I'm quite sure you guys are too. lol

so bi wiring is basically useless, but bi amping may yield marginal results? I have my mains bi wired... because I can. fortunately I didn't break the bank on speaker cable. just got some 14 guage from home depot, split the cables then braided everything back together.

somewhere down the road I intended to get a 7.2 channel amp to try bi amping, but from what I've been reading here that's probably going to be about as useless as bi wiring. I get a little confused when reading specs on avr's and they say there are seperate dedicated amps for each channel, then read up something else about how the power supply is all the same for all speakers, just split up among them? #confused

I suppose at the end of the day my money will be better spent getting a more powerful 5.2 channel avr over going with a 7.2 and bi amping my main speakers?

Passive bi-amping is just silly marketing mostly. Active bi-amping can be useful but not unless you know what you're doing; avrs don't actively bi-amp unless you have an Onkyo 818 that had such a feature. With the passive crossover in your speakers still installed then you wouldn't be actively bi-amping anyways. I'd get a 7.1 avr just because there's more choices available than 5.1 models, even for 5.1 use. BTW the only time the .2 is meaningful is if your avr has separate processing for two subwoofers for delay/level, otherwise it's just an internal y-splitter which you can easily replicate using an external y-splitter.....