biwire question.

[bturk667]

I don't have the speakers you discribed, but I do have the monitor 9's.I never biwired them until this past weekend after I read a post by BrianUDLaw under a thread by stereobug. Go there and click the web site he gives.Hook your speakers up exactly the way the article explains.As far as how it worked for me,I did notice cleaner, smoother highs as well as a punchier bass.I used basic speaker wire,12 gauge for the lower posts and 14 for the upper.Don't listen to mtrycraft,he's way to bias and just slams everyone else...........Don't forget to remove the jumper bars.Listen for your self.

Would you say the difference that you experienced was worth the extra cost?

[zapr]

Would you say the difference that you experienced was worth the extra cost?

I never thought biwiring would make a difference because of what I read on this site.I finally tried it and did notice a difference.Cost? Who does'nt have some extra 12 gauge lying around the house?

[mtrycraft]

I finally tried it and did notice a difference.

Is it real or imagined?

[bturk667]

I never thought biwiring would make a difference because of what I read on this site.I finally tried it and did notice a difference.Cost? Who does'nt have some extra 12 gauge lying around the house?

I'm glad you like what bi-wiring has done for you. Isn't it great when people try things for themselves, and stop listening to people who have never tried anything for themselves, like some on this page. Oh sure, they'll say no testing has proved this or that. Who cares, let your ears be the judge!
Aint life grand?

[mtrycraft]

let your ears be the judge!
Aint life grand?

Well, if one likes lies, ambiguity, unreliability, go ahead.

[turbodog]

dvjorge,
here is what B&W has to say about it:
http://www.bwspeakers.com/index.cfm/...7F00D0B7473B37

They say the improvement is... 'subtle'.
I tend to agree that if you have short speaker wire runs, with heavy guage wire, it should not make any difference. My speaker wire runs are 25 feet. However, I am in the process of bi-amping my B&W DM640s and upgrading to 12 guage wire. I don't plan to bi-wire... unless a PA dies.

[gorilla196635]

I have to be honest. I tried this with my Polk RT16 towers and if I did hear a difference believe it was my mind playing mind games. I use Monster M seriers speaker cables that are not bi-wired and only do that becasue they look pretty laying on the ground. Do they make a difference probably only to that poin that it will be harder for an animal to chew or if they get caught on a moving piece of furniture they won't get destroyed. I also use other monster cables not sure if I hear differences or not.
I spoke to a guy who sells cables and he tells me that the difference is really only noticable on a meter, not so much waht we can hear. I am sure there are people (like piano tuners) that can hear these subtle differences but for the average listener probably not. His logic is this. "Do you think a company would sell you a product like a DVD player and put cables in it that would sacrifice the quality of picture or sound"? Sounds logical to me..

On the oher hand if you have the money it is fun, they do look nice and it is also piece of mind knowing you have a quality cable behind your system.

[dvjorge]

I have to be honest. I tried this with my Polk RT16 towers and if I did hear a difference believe it was my mind playing mind games. I use Monster M seriers speaker cables that are not bi-wired and only do that becasue they look pretty laying on the ground. Do they make a difference probably only to that poin that it will be harder for an animal to chew or if they get caught on a moving piece of furniture they won't get destroyed. I also use other monster cables not sure if I hear differences or not.
I spoke to a guy who sells cables and he tells me that the difference is really only noticable on a meter, not so much waht we can hear. I am sure there are people (like piano tuners) that can hear these subtle differences but for the average listener probably not. His logic is this. "Do you think a company would sell you a product like a DVD player and put cables in it that would sacrifice the quality of picture or sound"? Sounds logical to me..

On the oher hand if you have the money it is fun, they do look nice and it is also piece of mind knowing you have a quality cable behind your system.

Thanks everybody. A lot of answer. I will end cabling my speakers with Monster Cables AWG 12 and not bi-wiring them.
Thanks again.
Jorge.