biwireing

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i have just purchased some mezzo 6 floorstanders and i want to biwire them can someone tell me how to my amp is a cambridge audio azur 640a integrated amp look forward to hearing from you

 

[MattSPL]

Remove the Jumper links on the rear of the speakers that join the 2 sets of binding posts.

Then run a cable from each pair of binding posts back to the amp.

If you have only 2 pairs of binding posts on the rear of the amp you will need to double up the cables at them.

But if you have 4 pairs of binding posts on the amp you can send a run of cable to each pair

 

[smuggs]

i did it and it made change for me, but do you use speaker a for hf and speaker b for lf matt

 

[Craig M.]

that amp has 2 sets of speaker terminals for each channel, so no need to cram into 1 set. i think you need to push the button for the 2nd set of speakers on the front, as well. with wharfedale diamond 9.1s, i noticed a slight difference when biwired with that amp.

 

[MattSPL]

smuggs:i did it and it made change for me, but do you use speaker a for hf and speaker b for lf matt
Yeah thats the way alright

 

[Escapism]

smuggs:i did it and it made change for me, but do you use speaker a for hf and speaker b for lf matt

I always thought biwiring was a myth, and a waste of money. Bi-amping yes, bi-wire...er, no. However you've noticed the effects so maybe there's some truth in it.

 

[Anonymous]

Never noticed to much of a difference biwiring, until my amp and the rest of the kit got better. Bi amping made a big difference.

I had the 640 and it didn't sound that much difference, if at all. Try it for yourself though and see if it does though.

 

[Escapism]

potboyslim:

Try it for yourself though and see if it does though.

No need, my amps are connected directly to the driver ;p

 

[Anonymous]

Active is the way forward for you then!

Honestly, buy a much better single run of speaker cable, then cut a bit off for going between the hf and lf terminals. You will get a better sound this way than a cheaper biwire cable.

 

[Anonymous]

Hi, dave009 - how do you find the mezzo's with your amp?
How close to a rear wall do you have them placed?

 

[eternaloptimist]

I must admit I notice any difference biwiring (same Chord Silverscreen but went from single to bi-wire on same gear), until... I biamped! Then big difference

 

[d_a_n1979]

potboyslim:
Active is the way forward for you then!

Honestly, buy a much better single run of speaker cable, then cut a bit off for going between the hf and lf terminals. You will get a better sound this way than a cheaper biwire cable.

Dont agree with that Ptboy

I have found that some speakers (mainly Monitor Audio) do sound better with a decent run of cable to the LF connections with decent speaker cable jumpers in place (or even the 2-4 cable set-up) but B&W speakers have sounded better to me when bi-wired and obviously bi-amped

If the OP feels that bi-wiring his Mezzo's has proved better than yes; speaker A connections to the HF on the speakers and the Speaker B connections to the LF on the speakers.

However you could just go for the bi-wire cable and get it in a 2-4 set-up so your amp is only using one set of speaker outputs but youre connecting to all 4 terminals on the speakers (remeber to remove the OEM speaker jumper bars though)!