Bi-wiring Denon AVR 3200 and Heresy

Posted by Chris Jensen [IP: 207.205.148.13] on April 28, 1999 at 00:54:22
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In Reply to: Bi-wiring Denon AVR 3200 and Heresy posted by Paul Ward on April 27, 1999 at 17:50:37:

It's not going to hurt anything but again, you aren't going to see the traditional benefits associated with bi-wiring without a speaker designed for it. What you will get by doubling up to one terminal is an effective wire gauge 3 steps lower than the wire gauge you use (cross sectional area doubles every 3 AWG numbers). This means you have half the resistance (good), half the inductance (good), but also twice (assuming both +/- runs have the same capacitance) the capacitance (bad) of the single wire cable. It will likely affect the sound (though perhaps not perceptably) and may even be cheaper than buying a single cable 3 gauges larger. The phase errors from two closely matched wires are almost definitely way below the threshold of audio perception. Now that I think about it, there are even high $$ speaker wires that use multiple core wires where the cores are insulated from each other, giving a similar effect to your proposed setup. I say go for it!

And I want a full report of your findings on my desk in the morning!

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