Hi All,

I have a issue which I'm someone out there can solve or answer.

If I require a pair of bi-wired speaker cables where the amplifier has two pairs of terminals as well as the speakers I need some advise on the geometry.

Would a pair where the positives are twisted together and negatives are twisted together in two seperate bundles be the way to go. eg. The Bass Positive and Mid/High Positives are twisted together and marked as Low/High. The same applies with the Bass Negative and Mid/High negatives where they are also twisted together. If not, what might be the negatives to this approach. If this is a good approach, why whould this be so.

Thus, there will be a pair of cables going to each speaker.

Thanks,

Fleecy

Given that one can buy speaker cables already setup for bi-wiring.....what's the issue? There are a couple of different arrangements - the most common would probably be all four cables twisted within the same flex cord while the other that I've seen is four cables in a flat arrangement with +ve on the ouside and -ve on the inside (eg. QED Silver Anniversary Bi-wire - which is what I use).

To be honest you'd have to have the goldenest ears to pick cable geometry as an influence to the exclusion of cable materials/construction. Besides......I struggled to hear any difference between $10/m electrical flex and $10/m speaker cable and nobody has ever provided me with esoteric cables to compare against the electrical flex

Just hook up the speakers and enjoy the music. Paranoia that you might make a poofteenths improvement by fiddling around the edges will only compromise the enjoyment of the tunes.......which surely is why you've got decent hi-fi in the first place!!

Given that one can buy speaker cables already setup for bi-wiring.....what's the issue? There are a couple of different arrangements - the most common would probably be all four cables twisted within the same flex cord while the other that I've seen is four cables in a flat arrangement with +ve on the ouside and -ve on the inside (eg. QED Silver Anniversary Bi-wire - which is what I use).

To be honest you'd have to have the goldenest ears to pick cable geometry as an influence to the exclusion of cable materials/construction. Besides......I struggled to hear any difference between $10/m electrical flex and $10/m speaker cable and nobody has ever provided me with esoteric cables to compare against the electrical flex

Just hook up the speakers and enjoy the music. Paranoia that you might make a poofteenths improvement by fiddling around the edges will only compromise the enjoyment of the tunes.......which surely is why you've got decent hi-fi in the first place!![/b]

I agree, but when the manufacturer of my speakers said that clarity can be improved by 20-30% when bi-wiring I had to try it.

http://www.legendspeakers.com.au/information/biwiring.html

Just hooked them up with a separate pair of wires last night. They sounded good before and they sound good now. It doesn't cost much when you are using Dick Smith wire

Cheers.