The situation is I'm finally replacing an old system and although I love music and quality sound I am going with a "mid-level" system and not a high-end system for various reasons. I purchased the RF-62II's with this in mind - I love the sound but they are not high-end speakers. I'm currently using the 5.1, 110w per channel receiver, I may get a better receiver later if I think I would benefit from that. I know that a nice Marantz can produce a much warmer sound, but I may just stay with this one. I don't understand if this unit can be bi-wired, according to Pioneer it cannot but there seems to be some confusion with the terms biwire & biamp.
The wire run is a given due to room size/configuration. Because of the potential benefit that the biwire/biamp offers I'm looking at 4 conductor wire for a potential future equipment upgrade (receiver & CD player). These speakers have the binding posts that can use the biwire option.
According to Klipsch and dealers a minimum of 16 gage should be used up to 80 ft, here I'm hearing the 14 gage would be the best choice for this 60 ft run for improved "headroom", etc. But keep in mind I am not using higher end equipment where going to the biwire may add a slight improvement. From discussions I've had with dealers it sounds like any improvement gained by biwiring will only be achieved using higher quality, "audiophile grade" equipment and is like a final tweak to an already great system and sound. I am not going to be at this very high level and so my question - should I use 14/2 and forget the biwire option, or run the 16/4 for a potential equipment upgrade that may benefit from biwiring? Or is 16 gage too small to run just the 2 conductors for that length? 14/4 is the other obvious answer to remove any question, it's just so much bigger I'm trying to avoid it.
I don't want to buy and run 2 conductor wire only to find out later I should have run 4 conductor...I would like to run the 16/4 tomorrow but I also don't want to find that because I'm only using 2 conductors the gage is too light.
Thanks!