bi-wire or not

2283miker
2283miker Posts: 11
edited April 2005 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
I have a yamaha 2200 series tuner and polk 800i,s and 400i center and want to know if bi-wire would be worth doing.If so I have monster wire 12g,and how do I geta 2 ends into banana plug ?
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited April 2005
    NO!
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  • Skynut
    Skynut Posts: 2,967
    edited April 2005
    I just got a set of monster bi wire cables, hooked them up to my rt2000p's and heard a noticeable improvement over using the bridge. It all depends on how much you are willing to spend to tweek.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited April 2005
    Depending on who you ask, it may or may not make a difference. Get some cheap 12AWG speaker wire and experiment for yourself.

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  • phuz
    phuz Posts: 2,372
    edited April 2005
    bi-wiring is very subjective. I do it, because I CAN. Nice cool factor. Audible difference? Who knows.
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  • John K.
    John K. Posts: 822
    edited April 2005
    2283, there're several discussions of biwiring on this board which you can find using the search function. It isn't significantly different electrically and factually can't make an audible difference. If you mean that you already have enough wire and want to try it anyway, but that the wire is too thick to fit easily, simply trim enough strands off the stripped ends so that they'll fit. Within reason, the gauge of the last 1/2" or so which is stripped makes no significant difference to the resistance of the entire length.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited April 2005
    Another thing to play with is replacing the stock jumpers on your Polk's with heavy guage wire (12 or 14). This might give you as much improvement as a full bi-wire run.

    As for fitting in all the wire at your amp end... many dual bananas accept banana plugs in their ****-end, so you just daisy chain in the second wire run.

    Play with the options and decide for yourself.
    More later,
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