Which Cable For Biwiring?

[Chepboy]

Hi, can anyone help? Am thinking of changing my speaker cable. I have Mission 780SE speakers (old I know, but more than happy with!), a Marantz CD6004 AND mARANTZ PM6004... What would be a good biwire speaker cable without breaking the bank...? And is it better to use plugs or not?Hope someone can help....

 

[Anonymous]

2.5mm Loud Speaker Cable Oxygen Free 322 Strand from eBay, cheap as chips (< £6.00 for 10 metres) with plugs and that's all you need. Honestly, try it for a punt.

 

[MeanandGreen]

I wouldn't bother biwiring , been there and done that. It's a waste of money. You'd be better off buying single runs of better cable in my opinion.

 

[davedotco]

There may, with some speakers with optimally designed crossovers, an advantage with bi-wiring but mostly there is none. Use a decent quality heavy weight copper cable and if you can find someone competent with a soldering iron, put on the appropriate plugs/spades and have him wire an extra short loop at the speaker end to go to both sets of terminals.

If you are really anal you can spend a good few hours working out whether the supplied links on the speaker terminals should remain in place or be removed. Some very careful listening will be required here.