Bi-wire question.

[fab68]

I have done a lot of reading since yesterday night on bi-wiring and decided to post the following question. Dont worry it wont be "to be or not to be ". I understand it is matter of preference.
I will be as specif as I can. I have a set of B&W 683 and a old Yamaha m-50 power amp that drives them for now. This is hooked up to a Yamaha RVX 2200 reciever. I recently relocated and all my good wire( in wall )stayed at my previous home.
I payed a visit to my local Hi-Fi store and and after taking to one of the advisors he told me that he had a good deal on Monter ( mcx-1s biwire, I would have not consider if it was not on sale). He also told me that B&W specifically the 683 did " much better when biwired. I made the purchase becouse it was a good deal, yet came home and with some inexpensive 18awg speaker wire did a bi-wire connection. I did this becouse I wanted to make sure I liked the sound before I open the package and incurred in a 15% rf.
I did not feel that much diffrence in my personal opinion. There was a change in the mid and high frequencys in the sense of minor clarity. The bass I felt faded just a bit( not as tight ), overall small change.
Here are the questions that I could not answer after readind last night:
- Will the bi-wire add any "wear and tear benefit" to the amp and speakers? My understanding is that the speakers are " not working as hard "? Becouse the package is not open I could exchange for the mcx-2 I and avoid bi-wire.
- Was the bi-wire test affected by the small gauge speaker wire? I did not want to make another investment.

Thanks in advance

 

[markw]

I have done a lot of reading since yesterday night on bi-wiring and decided to post the following question. Dont worry it wont be "to be or not to be ". I understand it is matter of preference.
I will be as specif as I can. I have a set of B&W 683 and a old Yamaha m-50 power amp that drives them for now. This is hooked up to a Yamaha RVX 2200 reciever. I recently relocated and all my good wire( in wall )stayed at my previous home.
I payed a visit to my local Hi-Fi store and and after taking to one of the advisors he told me that he had a good deal on Monter ( mcx-1s biwire, I would have not consider if it was not on sale). He also told me that B&W specifically the 683 did " much better when biwired. I made the purchase becouse it was a good deal, yet came home and with some inexpensive 18awg speaker wire did a bi-wire connection. I did this becouse I wanted to make sure I liked the sound before I open the package and incurred in a 15% rf.
I did not feel that much diffrence in my personal opinion. There was a change in the mid and high frequencys in the sense of minor clarity. The bass I felt faded just a bit( not as tight ), overall small change.
Here are the questions that I could not answer after readind last night:
- Will the bi-wire add any "wear and tear benefit" to the amp and speakers? My understanding is that the speakers are " not working as hard "?

They are working just as hard as before

Becouse the package is not open I could exchange for the mcx-2 I and avoid bi-wire.
- Was the bi-wire test affected by the small gauge speaker wire? I did not want to make another investment.

No

All the reading in the world won't answer your questions here. This is a fairly controvisial subject and, it it was a clear-cut answer, it woult not be controvosial. And, although some might argue (remember, controvisial?) a lot depends one what one wants to hear.

FWIW, there are more cost-effective alternativesto mosnter cabling out there that are at least as good but again, it all depends on what you want to believe.

 

[zumbo]

Return the cable if it cost more than Canare 4S11 if you prefer this connection. $1.05 per foot.
http://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/speaker/index.htm

 

[j_garcia]

I've done this same experiment with expensive and cheap wire and came to the conclusion that there may be a very small difference but one that is so meaningless at normal listening levels that it is little more than a waste of money. Bi-wiring is effectively the same thing as using a larger AWG wire - it will only benefit you if the wire you are using is too small of an AWG in the first place. You don't need to invest in any more wire, you can simply tie the two wires together and terminate them both into one connector which will effectively make them function as one wire. What I often DO recommend is swapping out the brass jumpers that the speakers come with for a short run of whatever speaker wire you are using.