tom67 Posted September 7, 2003 Share Posted September 7, 2003 ...using 12 guage wire and no problem at speaker end but log jam at receiver terminals with 2 wires each trying to jam them into the small hole. I have a Yamaha RXV995 which has typical 5 way posts. Any easy solutions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Garrison Posted September 7, 2003 Share Posted September 7, 2003 1) Radio Shack sells good banana plugs for not a lot of money. The larger gold plated bananas have a central hole and compressing thread that should be fine for two sections of twelve gauge wire. 2) Don't put the wire in the hole in the binding post, just twist the wires together, wrap them around the post, and tighten it down. 3) Radio Shack sells nice spade lugs that you crimp onto the end of wire. The larger sizes will easily fit on two pieces of 12 gauge wire. If you like to fiddle with the system and will be connecting / disconnecting the wires frequently, like me then I'd go with the bananas. If you're just going to hook it up once and leave it alone (does anyone ever actually do that?) I'd go with the spade lugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrench_peddler Posted September 7, 2003 Share Posted September 7, 2003 Newbyness showing here. I thought when you bi-wire, you are bi-amping also. What is the advantage of two wires,one to the woofer and one to the mids and highs if they start at the same place? Will one heavy wire not do the same thing? I am confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted September 7, 2003 Share Posted September 7, 2003 Any advantage? Ah...the age old question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g3dahl Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 Biwiring most certainly does make things better. Have a look at: http://www.geocities.com/jonrisch/page8.htm The graph that the above URL leads to shows a rather dramatic difference. I recommend backing up to the home page and exploring the many fascinating articles on Jon Risch's site. The index page is at this address: http://www.geocities.com/jonrisch/index.htm Have fun! Gary Dahl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougdrake Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 And if you choose to go ahead and bi-wire, you can buy banana plugs that have a hole at the back of them which will accept another banana plug. You would be stacking the banana plugs. I believe www.partsexpress.com sells them. DD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMays Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 I bi-wire with Kimber Kable. It is soooooo clumsy at the reciever for such little gain. I have actually thought about eliminating this. I'm not so sure I havn't screwed up a binding post on one of my previous recievers by doing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrench_peddler Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 I am still confused. Question 1. Is it bi-wiring when you run 2 leads to the speakers, One for the lows and one for the highs, both from the same source? Question 2. Is it bi-amping when you use two amps, one for the lows and one for the highs? Question 3. Is a bi-amped speaker also bi-wired by default? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g3dahl Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 ---------------- On 9/9/2003 6:40:50 PM wrench_peddler wrote: Question 1. Is it bi-wiring when you run 2 leads to the speakers, One for the lows and one for the highs, both from the same source? Yes. Question 2. Is it bi-amping when you use two amps, one for the lows and one for the highs? Yes. Question 3. Is a bi-amped speaker also bi-wired by default? Yes, but the term "bi-wired" is normally only used as you described in Question 1. As for bi-amping, there are two ways to go about it: Passive bi-amping: Using two amps, one for the lows, and one for the highs. The crossovers (passive) are in the speakers. Active bi-amping: Using two amps, one for the low, and one for the highs. The crossovers (active) are ahead of the amps, so the amps' outputs go directly to the drivers. Gary Dahl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenratboy Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 What about a banana plug AND a pin in the system? It would look cool... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom67 Posted September 11, 2003 Author Share Posted September 11, 2003 Thanks Dougdrake...you read my mind....however, each plug is about 2 inches long and stacking would add an almost 4" projection from back of receiver which would not allow placement in builtin shelf unit. Is there any one plug on market that will take ends of two 12 guage wires? I notice better bananas have side entry and rear entry...does this mean you could fit both leads in one plug. An earlier post suggested Fork lugs but require crimping which I hate to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickB Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 I use side entry Banana plugs with 12 ga. I twist the wires together, stick it through the hole, and trim off what sticks out other side. I would also think you could go bare wire through the post hole for one wire, tighten it down, then banana plug second wire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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