2020 Bi-Wiring ... & Bi-Amping // Benefits and Demerits ...?

[DaveC]

Yup, it's a good idea to try top, bottom and both diagonal hookup possibilities.

One less thing to do if your speakers are not bi-wireable...

 

[christoph]

with a diagonal arrangement often working best

Do you have an explanation why?

 

[microstrip]

Like this one
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Believe it or not, sometimes the supplied linking straps sound poor - replacing them with decent wires improves sound quality. Perhaps it is why people find bi-wiring sounds better.

 

[microstrip]

Do you have an explanation why?

Equal losses in both signal paths. Both sections of the crossover see a link in series.

 

[NorthStar]

That's a good point Francisco, and usually why audiophiles replace those strap metal copper (gold plated) bars by real solid (high purity copper) wires, or just bi-wiring them when they have already tons of additional useless speaker cables in their audiophile accessory's chest drawers.

* I like Dave's take best: experiment. ...Including diagonal configuration (single-wiring). ... / or \