Murph;193709 Wrote: > You are correct. there is no electrical difference and certainly no > audible difference to be found via bi-wiring speakers. Because the > source is still identical, you are sending exactly the same signal to > both sets of binding posts. > > The double set of posts are actually there to satisfy those audiophiles > who believe that bi-amping will improve sound. I personally don't give > much credit to that method either. (Using a separate amp in your > receiver for each set of posts.) > >
I'm in complete agreement that biwiring provides no improvement that thicker cables can't provide (which is to say, effectively no improvement unless we're talking extremely long distances or high amperages). That said, I think your analysis of biamping is incorrect. You make the statement: Murph;193709 Wrote: > Unless you get very complex with separates and pre-amp crossovers and > such, you will still end up with the same signal at each set of posts. > The crossover in the speakers is still the one doing all the work to > separate the highs and lows between the drivers. While you're right that the crossover in the speakers is doing all the work and the same voltage is being provided at both sets of posts, it's my understanding that the crossover will present a different load to the amp depending on the frequency of the signal it's receiving. In other words, an amp driving a low frequency signal into a high-pass filter will see a very high resistance and the circuit will draw very little current (thus the load will be very "light" and the amp will not be stressed). So in a properly designed biamp configuration the respective amps should will only be called on to provide current for their target frequencies despite the fact that the crossovers come AFTER the amps in the signal chain. -- azinck3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ azinck3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34318 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
