2nd Question Bi- Wiring

[vinylmagic]

Here's another question
I have disconnected all my kit for a yearly cleanup and though about Bi-Wiring my AE floorstanders.
Being an old 70s design there's not much space at the speaker posts and it has 3 sets.

This allows A/B/C or A+B or A+C configuration
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Could I send the HF from set A, the LF from either Set B or C and then select the appropriate configuration on the selector?

Thanks again
Stewart

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[Macca]

in theory yes but in practice might be a bit dicey. For stereo amps that can drive multiple speakers the recommendation is not to use speakers with less than 8 ohm impedance when driving two sets at once. So depends on your AE speakers and what sort of load each section of the crossover presents.

Personally I wouldn't, there's nothing to be gained and you might stress the amplifier.

[struth]

never really found there is anything to be gained by doing it.

[Pigmy Pony]

It certainly benefits the people who sell speaker cables. I personally couldn't be arsed with the cost and the extra spaghetti, for what I believe is next to no improvement.

[vinylmagic]

Tried it and there's no bass, so disconnected it.

I've now put both cables into one set of speakers and bi-wired it that way sounds much more like it should, can't tell whether there's an improvement tbh.

What I think I here is theres a lot more bass at the expense of mid range.

Will hook up speakers B or C as standard and see if there's a improvement or not.

[emoji106]

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[vinylmagic]

Just been listening to Buffalo - The Phoenix Foundation and through the AE's I have to say there's a lot more depth to the music, maybe a placebo effect but will compare in the morning

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[struth]

depends to an extent on the cables capabilities too..

[Barry]

If your speakers have three sets of terminals (presumably corresponding to three drive units plus the appropriate filter networks), then you can try tri-wiring them.

Depending on the exact design of the speaker and of the crossover network, bi- or tri-wiring can be of some benefit, but in most cases the improvement is small or non-existent. I suspect speaker manufacturers provide this option, simply because it became fashionable some years ago, and it is there to pander to potential customers who expect it.

This: https://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?5818-Basics-amp-General-Bi-amping-and-Bi-wiring, may help to explain matters.

[Filterlab]

never really found there is anything to be gained by doing it.

Nor me. Much better to spend cash on a higher quality set of single run cables and jumpers.

[hifi_dave]

It was a gimmick and selling point for the speakers and cable. Few speakers now provide this 'facility'.

[Barry]

It was a gimmick and selling point for the speakers and cable. Few speakers now provide this 'facility'.

Certainly it was de rigueur for a while, but there are modern speaker designs which still offer the 'facility'.

[Lawrence001]

There could be advantages, but to make a fair comparison you should compare like with like, including on a cost basis.

So if you have a biwire cable, compare it connected as biwire, to both cables connected in parallel to both terminals, that way you don't have a guage advantage to skew the results. (You can also try a single run too just in case it works better, which it can.)

And if you want to compare bi wire to a single wire cable then they should cost the same, meaning the single wire will be much better quality being twice the price per metre.