gary101050 Posted February 5, 2002 Share Posted February 5, 2002 Can someone schplain to me the advantage or disadvantage of biwiring speakers. Recently purchased RB5's for my system, and I am still puzzled by the biwiring phenomena. Is the sound supposed to be better if biwired? I can't tell if there is any difference or maybe I am getting deaf from too much pumped up volume over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch-daddy Posted February 5, 2002 Share Posted February 5, 2002 Some people can hear a difference and some dont. I personally cant hear a difference but I only have a set of rf-3's. Maybe it depends on the kind of speakers you have a if you have a seperate power amp instead of a ht reciever.?? ------------------ Home Theater: Yamaha RX-V1000 Klipsch RF-3's Klipsch KSC-C1(LOOKING FOR A RC-3 OR RC-3II) Kenwood KSV64 Bipolar Speakers Klipsch Subwoofer KSW-12 Television: TOSHIBA THEATER VIEW 50" DVD Player SONY S-360 CD Changer CDC 585 5 Disc Yamaha Philips Pronto ts-1000 monster cable interconnects/12 gauge speaker wire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted February 5, 2002 Share Posted February 5, 2002 I bi-wired my KLF- 20's and did find a difference. Of course I threw a few other wrenches in to the equation as well. 1) The wire I upgraded from was 14ga. Woods (lamp cord) wire to MIT Terminator2 Bi-wire. An over $500 MSR difference. 2) The front end equipment has a bit to do with this as well. The better your equipment is to begin with the greater the noticeable difference. 3) According to a well-known speaker cable manufacturer, the greater the resistance difference between the LF drivers and HF drivers the greater the noticeable difference. i.e.-8ohms for the LF and 6.8 ohms for the HF would not be as noticeable as 8ohms for the LF and say 4.2ohms for the HF. Just something I read. Here's a quote from StraightWire: BI-WIRING ALWAYS MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE Many speakers today have double sets of binding posts which allow for bi-amping or bi-wiring. The audible benefits of Bi-amping - Vertical (one amp for right speaker, other for left) or Horizontal (one amp for LF, another for mids & highs) are usually clear. Bi-wiring is especially useful when the characteristic impedance varies between the high & low frequency segments of the speaker (i.e. 3 ohm & 8 ohm). It helps reduce the effects of backflow EMF which can smear HF details. If the characteristic impedance is close- the benefits of bi-wiring might not be as clearly audible. It is better in most systems to connect with a single run of a high quality cable than to Bi-wire with two lower quality cables. Hope this helps! ------------------ Tom's Money Pit This message has been edited by tblasing on 02-05-2002 at 04:28 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxg Posted February 6, 2002 Share Posted February 6, 2002 Generally It does not seem to make an enormous difference one way or another. There are a lot of factors that can come in, however, depending on the setup, loads, cable being used etc. etc. A friend of mine has KLF30's mated to an Accuphase Amp. Biwring makes a very small difference between these 2, one that you can easily miss. Another friend with RF3's and a Marantz old 2 channel amp reckons it makes no difference at all. The biggest difference I have heard was with a Sony receiver connected to, dare I say it, a pair of B&W 603 speakers. Definite improvement on bass. ------------------ 2 * Heresy 2 (mains) 2 * Homemade horn speakers (rears) 1 * REL Strata 3 sub Accuphase E211 amp. Tube monoblocks with separate pre-amp (solid state). Marantz CD6000 player Sony NS900 SACD/DVD player Stax Headphones Humax 5400 digital satellite receiver Sharp Video 32" Sony flat screen 16:9 TV Mogami interconnects Silver Synergistic speaker cable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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