ralphpnj;578486 Wrote: > The benefits of bi-wiring are still the subject of debate but there are > very clear and audible reasons for using spikes - they do provide > improve the performance of a given speaker. > > Some audiophile tweaks are just bad or questionable science but many > others are good science and very useful. Bi-wiring and spikes are > examples of each.
It a very clear difference in using spike you tune in a resonance in the midrange/lower bass it's very different indeed. I'm all for soft springy feets tuned to the speakers weight. like these: http://www.sonicdesign.se/sdfeet.html You can not make the speaker rigid enough with spikes. So a floating suspension tuned below the bass range actually makes the speaker stand more still than with spikes . I read an article somewhere (forgive me for my bad source references, I should really try to find them when needed) that biwiring is slightly worse than a good enough single wire, this makes sense two different LCR networks in series with each filter. For example Dynaudio does not believe in biwiring and are not offering it on their speakers (or so it was when I last checked, maybe they caved in to). And worse as marketing wants biwiring terminals you can not build speakers with series filters ? Some times a series filter can be the best choice for the application. So a whole class of filter topologies are exluded ? Maybe in the case of passive bi-amping you can make good use of the biwiring terminals. Audiovector sometimes demo with passive triamping ? They have triwired speakers and also offers cryo freezed components so their science is not much to have. -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 and assorted amps SiriuS, Classe' Primare and Dynadio speakers, Contour 4 Contour Center, and Contour 1.3SE for the rear ch. Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Miscellaneous use: Radio (with battery) I use a Controller various ir-remotes and a Eee-PC with squeezeplay to control this ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81454 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
