Currently running a 5.1 set up via Onkyo 806 receiver with the 2 fronts in a 'bi amp' configuration ( separate runs from high/low terminations from speakers to receiver). I'm now looking at moving up to 7.1 which means the biamp configuration will have to go as the extra speaker inputs on the amp will be used. Should I just go back to using the gold plated bars supplied with the speakers , invest in some jumper cables( or cut to length the existing cables which i won't be using for jumper cables) or sell the Chord cables I've been using and buy bespoke ( reasonably priced) 2/4 biwire cables???
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Alantiggger
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Buy as cheep as you can get your hands on ... expensive cable is kid-on according to a lot of peeps online.
grdunn123:Currently running a 5.1 set up via Onkyo 806 receiver with the 2 fronts in a 'bi amp' configuration ( separate runs from high/low terminations from speakers to receiver). I'm now looking at moving up to 7.1 which means the biamp configuration will have to go as the extra speaker inputs on the amp will be used. Should I just go back to using the gold plated bars supplied with the speakers , invest in some jumper cables( or cut to length the existing cables which i won't be using for jumper cables) or sell the Chord cables I've been using and buy bespoke ( reasonably priced) 2/4 biwire cables???
I vote for cutting the existing cables for jumpers - can't possibly go wrong. Specialist jumpers are a waste of money and many people claim the supplied bars give poor quality sound, although I can't say I've noticed a difference..
I vote for cutting the existing cables for jumpers - can't possibly go wrong. Specialist jumpers are a waste of money and many people claim the supplied bars give poor quality sound, although I can't say I've noticed a difference..
Technically speaking you should use the speaker wire to keep everything equal (or as good as you can) through the frequency range
My personal opinion though would be that its probably best to stay in the bi-amped config, purely for sound quality
My personal opinion though would be that its probably best to stay in the bi-amped config, purely for sound quality
aliEnRIK:
Technically speaking you should use the speaker wire to keep everything equal (or as good as you can) through the frequency range
My personal opinion though would be that its probably best to stay in the bi-amped config, purely for sound quality
B-amped rocks, that's for sure but whatever happened to bi-wiring? It used to be that if you didn't bi-wire you were known to be a dim-witted cloth ears, and now if you do bi-wire you're a thickie with poor hearing. I'm just aggrieved because I bi-wired my Mum's system about ten years ago on the advice of a Richer Sounds salesman, and since I found out sending the same signal down two wires is pointless, I haven't been able to think of a way of telling her...perhaps I'll just re-do it when she's out and hope she doesn't notice! Any ideas?
Technically speaking you should use the speaker wire to keep everything equal (or as good as you can) through the frequency range
My personal opinion though would be that its probably best to stay in the bi-amped config, purely for sound quality
B-amped rocks, that's for sure but whatever happened to bi-wiring? It used to be that if you didn't bi-wire you were known to be a dim-witted cloth ears, and now if you do bi-wire you're a thickie with poor hearing. I'm just aggrieved because I bi-wired my Mum's system about ten years ago on the advice of a Richer Sounds salesman, and since I found out sending the same signal down two wires is pointless, I haven't been able to think of a way of telling her...perhaps I'll just re-do it when she's out and hope she doesn't notice! Any ideas?
Its really down to the speaker IMO
Some work better biwired, some dont
I biwired my center as soon as I got it, and its been like that for years. Last week I decided to go to standard wiring, and it definitely sounds better to me. So mine must not like biwire
BUT, my main speakers definitely sound a lot better BI-AMPED (Which is sort of odd, seeming as theyre from the same set, I can only put it down to more power having better control and the lower noise floor)
Some work better biwired, some dont
I biwired my center as soon as I got it, and its been like that for years. Last week I decided to go to standard wiring, and it definitely sounds better to me. So mine must not like biwire
BUT, my main speakers definitely sound a lot better BI-AMPED (Which is sort of odd, seeming as theyre from the same set, I can only put it down to more power having better control and the lower noise floor)
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