Bi-wiring

tommyboy
tommyboy Posts: 1,414
edited January 2006 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
I know this has been brought up many times before but i have a member so anywho, I have asked this question many times with different answers, so I decided to ask you guys, What does bi-wiring really do? I just got the monitor 50s and not sure if i want to waist money on more speaker wire (I'm a cheap ****)
AVR: H/K AVR240
Fronts: Monitor 50s
Center: CSI3
surrounds: R15s
Sub:Velodyne DPS10
Dvd/Cd: Samsung HD upconverter (for now)
TV: 50" Sammy Plasma
game hardware: 360 and gcn.
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited January 2006
    No offense, but use the SEARCH feature at the top of the page...

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/search.php?searchid=193120
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  • tommyboy
    tommyboy Posts: 1,414
    edited January 2006
    sorry after reading that just now that post made no sense, or at least the beginning. I tried the search and it just shows products that can be bi-wired. I would like to read your opinions about the subject. thanks
    AVR: H/K AVR240
    Fronts: Monitor 50s
    Center: CSI3
    surrounds: R15s
    Sub:Velodyne DPS10
    Dvd/Cd: Samsung HD upconverter (for now)
    TV: 50" Sammy Plasma
    game hardware: 360 and gcn.
    Gamertag: kovster27
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited January 2006
    If the wires are connected at the same spot on the stereo, then you have basically made a bigger wire.
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited January 2006
    tommyboy wrote:
    sorry after reading that just now that post made no sense, or at least the beginning. I tried the search and it just shows products that can be bi-wired. I would like to read your opinions about the subject. thanks

    he meant the search button on this site
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited January 2006
    tommyboy wrote:
    I know this has been brought up many times before but i have a member

    Nobody is disputing that you are a male.

    ;)
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited January 2006
    tommyboy wrote:
    I know this has been brought up many times before but i have a member so anywho, I have asked this question many times with different answers, so I decided to ask you guys, What does bi-wiring really do? I just got the monitor 50s and not sure if i want to waist money on more speaker wire (I'm a cheap ****)



    tommyboy, don't waste your money on more wire you cheap ****. :p

    seriously, the gain (if any) is so minor it's not worth the extra cost for more speaker wires. trust me.... also, what speakers do you have?
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  • Skynut
    Skynut Posts: 2,967
    edited January 2006
    I got my bi-wires with the purchase of my speakers. At first I thought I heard a difference but now I kinda think it was because the old speaker wires were just shabby.
    Bi-amping may be worthy of the money but bi-wiring probably not.
    I am not real interested in changing all my wires yet so they stay till something better comes along. Something I can afford and justify.
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  • tommyboy
    tommyboy Posts: 1,414
    edited January 2006
    Thanks polk thug, just wanted to make sure everyone knows :) . anyways to answer your question danger boy i had just upgraded everything. I used to have the onkyo Hts770 home theater system but i could not take hearing everything out of a tin can anymore. I am on a tight budget so everything here is entry level but to my ears decent. I have now...

    Reciever: onkyo txsr603
    Fronts: monitor 50s
    Center: CSI3 ( got it for less than $100 thats why i didn't get the cs1)
    rears: r15
    Sub: Velodyne VRP1200

    and thanks to you guys, i will not bi-wire my 50s.
    AVR: H/K AVR240
    Fronts: Monitor 50s
    Center: CSI3
    surrounds: R15s
    Sub:Velodyne DPS10
    Dvd/Cd: Samsung HD upconverter (for now)
    TV: 50" Sammy Plasma
    game hardware: 360 and gcn.
    Gamertag: kovster27
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  • gustakovish
    gustakovish Posts: 1
    edited January 2006
    I have a Yamaha RX-V2600 receiver and I'm looking at geting the LSi9 5.1 speaker system (including two pairs of LSi9's, the LSi center speaker and the 505 subwoofer).

    Since the Yamaha is a 7.1 receiver I'm wondering if I can use the 2 additional channels to by-amp the front pair of LSi9's?

    If so, will this set-up improve the performance over a regular non by-amped configuration?

    Thanks in advance for your help.
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited January 2006
    Bi-wiring is a waste of time if you ask me.
    Bi-amping is an all together different animal.

    No gusta. Don't bi-amp off a receiver. It just doesn't make sense considering everything shares the same power supply and is prob. not even high current.
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