Biwiring with Monitor speakers and Harman Kardon receiver

bailey2952

Hi, I'm a newbie, so I need some advice. I've decided to go ahead and try biwiring. I have Polk Monitor 30 speakers and a Harman Kardon HK 3480 receiver. If I biwire, can I use both the A and B speaker outputs? I did a search for biwiring on the forum already and someone with a similar idea had mixed responses (some said it would work, another said it wouldn't). Would I be able to do that? Should I? Also, is it worthwhile to get speaker connectors? Should I just get pins or banana connectors?

Thanks for all your help

Bailey

F1nut

If your speakers have two sets of binding posts, then yes you can bi-wire them. Personally, I wouldn't bother especially with a receiver. Instead of bi-wiring, replace the stock jumpers with the same kind of wire you are using for speaker cable. You'll get better results for a lot less money.

Speaker connectors??? Banana's, pins and spades are a way to terminate the ends of speaker cable, if that's what you're asking. I prefer banana's.

aaharvel

F1nut wrote:

If your speakers have two sets of binding posts, then yes you can bi-wire them. Personally, I wouldn't bother especially with a receiver. Instead of bi-wiring, replace the stock jumpers with the same kind of wire you are using for speaker cable. You'll get better results for a lot less money.

Speaker connectors??? Banana's, pins and spades are a way to terminate the ends of speaker cable, if that's what you're asking. I prefer banana's.

good advice. that's what i did with my 4's and made a noticeable difference (calmed the tweeter down a bit)- I took the jumpers off and replaced them with 4 inches of 14g speaker wire, then I used banana plugs to terminate.