Bi wire

[Hao]

I got my hands on a pair of D&M 705 S1's but they seem to need bi-wire cables.

I have heard different schools of thoughts on bi wire, will you let me know your thoughts?

I'm interested in feedback on the following:
1. Is bi wire worth the investment?
2. In lieu of bi wire, I've been told that you can just use a regular set of speaker wires and then connect the top and bottom posts. Is that going to provide me with comparable quality? And what's the thing connecting the posts called?

I am only using this to listen to stereo music. No HT stuff. I have a Marantz SR6300 driving them.

Thank you.

 

[mazersteven]

 

[lovinthehd]

Yes, if the jumpers are missing you could use some pieces of speaker wire to pair the terminals with. I wouldn't bother with "buy-wiring" unless maybe you're using up some less than ideal gauge speaker wire and want to double it up or something....

If you prefer to read rather than watch the above video, here's the article version https://www.audioholics.com/frequent-questions/the-difference-between-biamping-vs-biwiring

 

[mazersteven]

If you prefer to read rather than watch the above video, here's the article version

Are you saying looking at Gene's pretty face isn't desirable?

 

[Hao]

So it tells me to use two set of wires. And I hear that I can also use one pair of wires and a couple jumpers connecting the two sets of posts.
Any big difference between the two methods?

 

[TLS Guy]

So it tells me to use two set of wires. And I hear that I can also use one pair of wires and a couple jumpers connecting the two sets of posts.
Any big difference between the two methods?

No difference at all, but one will double your wiring cost.

 

[highfigh]

Terminals with four posts is something that came out of the 1980s and if I could, I would go back and slap the pinheads who decided to plague us with this crap.