Do you bi-wire?

[PeruvianSkies]

I was speaking of wire that internally has both the treble and bass wires versus running two seperate lengths of wire. Thanks for responding but I did ask to hear from those who bi-wire and did not want to start a debate.

I used to bi-wire my older set of PSB Image towers because they had a built in subwoofer that was powered in each cabinet and was using Audioquest GR-8's, which were really think, but pliable. I honestly didn't notice the improvement that I was hoping for when I switched to those cables and looking back wouldn't have bought those cables, especially since they cost more than standard cables and require tougher termination to ensure a proper hold since there are 4 points of contact. I would definitely say that Bi-amping is preferrable, but that requires much more money, but I could definitely see how the OML's could benefit from those, I'll have to check with my friend that I was telling you about in the earlier post who had a set of the OML's before and see if he ever bi-wired or even bi-amped his pair before he sold them.

[JohnMichael]

I used to bi-wire my older set of PSB Image towers because they had a built in subwoofer that was powered in each cabinet and was using Audioquest GR-8's, which were really think, but pliable. I honestly didn't notice the improvement that I was hoping for when I switched to those cables and looking back wouldn't have bought those cables, especially since they cost more than standard cables and require tougher termination to ensure a proper hold since there are 4 points of contact. I would definitely say that Bi-amping is preferrable, but that requires much more money, but I could definitely see how the OML's could benefit from those, I'll have to check with my friend that I was telling you about in the earlier post who had a set of the OML's before and see if he ever bi-wired or even bi-amped his pair before he sold them.

I would appreciate knowing what he did and thought. You are right that with the extra terminations and the extra wire it is easy to spend a lot of money.

[PeruvianSkies]

I would appreciate knowing what he did and thought. You are right that with the extra terminations and the extra wire it is easy to spend a lot of money.

Ok, I got some input for you that might be helpful. I called up my friend Jeremiah to ask him about his OML-2's that he had several years ago, he had before he sold them and got ML speakers...here is basically what he said...

First, he mentioned that they were 84dB sensitivity, which is a little different than the 88dB on the OML-1's like you have, also the difference with the lack of woofer on the OML-1, versus the 6.5" on the OML-2, which would be more productive being bi-amped and perhaps bi-wired, which he tried both and was driving them with PS Audio amplifiers at the time. I asked him about bi-wiring the OML-1 and his thoughts on that and he said he doubted that there would be a whole lot of difference since there is no woofer and it would be more beneficial going with a 2.1 setup and getting a designated subwoofer for the crossover point, which I would highly agree as this is what I did with my Polk monitors and when they were bi-amped and the use of subwoofer dramatically made a difference. He also mentioned that he tried two cables when he did the bi-wiring and bi-amping, which were the PS Audio xStreams, which I also have, but no the bi-wired bundle, which is SOOOOOOOO think you can barely bend the darn thing. I mean it's nearly 3in. thick!!! Not all cables are this massive for this, but those are! Again, he noticed subtle improvement in the bi-wiring process, but to quote his words "nothing to write home about." Hope that helps!