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bi-wiring

Connecting an amplifier to a single speaker system with two sets of wires. Occasionally deployed in high-end audio systems, the speaker terminals must be bridged together with clips that can be removed to separate the low and high-frequency drivers. The midrange and high-frequency drivers are connected to the same terminals.

Normally, an amplifier channel is wired with one set of cables to all the drivers in the speaker enclosure. Due to the resistance in the wire, the higher current required to reproduce the bass frequencies could impede the high-frequency signals. Bi-wiring is said to eliminate that possibility, but the results may be extremely subtle. Contrast with bi-amping.


Bi-Wiring and One Amplifier
With two sets of cables, the current flow from the bass notes is removed from the signal path for the high frequencies.
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2 Cardas patented Speaker Binding posts made of pure copper and rhodium plated for long life are provided for Bi-wiring. Balanced inputs are provided via Cardas XLR connectors with gold plate on the body and silver audio pins.
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One involves bi-wiring. While this may seem cool, there is no situation I know of where bi-wiring will deliver superior results.
Polk LSi25 loudspeakers. (Equipment)
bi-wiring. They go on to add that bi-wiring isolates the woofers'
Soliloquy Model 6.3 loudspeakers
There is one pair of very heavy, gold plated five-way binding posts for the speakers, which makes bi-wiring slightly challenging but not impossible.
Thule Audio "Spirit" IA-60B integrated amplifier and CD-150B CD player. (Equipment)
The Solitarius is designed for bi-wiring, although Buggtussel includes a pair of jumper wires for single-lead wiring.
Buggtussel Solitarius loudspeaker. (Equipment)
The unit has two sets of speaker outputs for bi-wiring. It also provides both line inputs and line outputs that can be used for daisy-chaining amps; this sort of thing is beyond the scope of the review.
Single amp, bi-wiring: the basic character of the setup was quite apparent.
Linn System
Jumpers are provided for single-wiring schemes, although as with most Linn equipment, bi-wiring is recommended.
Linn Tukan
Plus, the models I auditioned were not equipped for bi-wiring. I use adapters to convert my spade terminals to bananas, so it wasn't the end of the world.
Coincident Speaker Technology Super Conquest Series II Supreme
However, the Classik does allowing bi-wiring of any set of speakers, 4-ohm or 8-ohm.
Linn Classik Integrated Amplifier/CD Player
There are two pairs of binding posts linked with removable gold-plated straps to permit bi-wiring or bi-amplification.
Paradigm Monitor 5
There are two sets of gold binding posts per enclosure, allowing for bi-wiring or passive bi-amping.
PSB Stratus Gold i
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