On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 14:45:32 -0000, Keith G wrote:

** Unless *you* know different - anybody here prepared to claim that
bi-wiring produces a palpable improvement to a particular speaker/amp combo?

When I first purchased my B&W Matrix 805V monitor loudspeakers in the
mid-1990s, I used them in single wired mode for a while, leaving the
linking pieces between each set of binding posts in place. There was a
noticeable (although I never tested this under double blind conditions)
difference in sound according to whether the single wired cables were
connected to the "treble" binding posts, or the "bass" binding posts.

Eventually, I decided to purchase bi-wired cables and used the speakers
in bi-wired mode from then on. They did seem to sound more coherent
when bi-wired (with the linking pieces now removed of course), however
I concluded only that they would almost certainly have sounded as good,
or perhaps better still, if they had been properly designed with one
set of binding posts in the first place. Adding more cables and links
etc (whether those are external linking pieces, or internal added
complexity in terms of more complex connections to the crossover)
is surely likely to degrade sound rather than to enhance it.

I have now purchased a pair of ATC Active 10s and have consequentially
left such nonsense behind. Interestingly, I have recently improved
the subjective performance of these greatly (although I have not had
them long, and they were superb to begin with) by investing in a pair
of Partington Dreadnought Ultima stands, which are very heavy and inert
and position the loudspeakers at the perfect height as an added bonus.

http://www.partingtonspeakerstands.com/stand_1.htm
http://www.hifichoice.co.uk/review_read.asp?ID=376

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Anthony Edwards