Bi-wiring

bubbalou

I just got a pair of RTi10s that I picked up in the post-Thanksgiving sales, along with a CSi3 and two FXi3 (those are on order). They're hooked up to my Yamaha HTR5740 and sound great. It seems to me that the RTi10s are capable of being bi-wired, so I'm wondering 1) how much of a difference will this make in the sound for both music and movies and 2) as my Yamaha is a 6.1 system, will it work if I bi-wire it to both the A and B connectors? Any advice/help is much appreciated.

beardog03

Unless you use seperate amplification (external amp ) you will most likely not hear any difference...

It`s doable, but a waiste of time..IMO

I will let the other chime in though


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danger boy

bubba, beardog is right... biwiring is a waste of time. there isn't much of anything to gain. i gave it up years ago after going back and forth with my system and trying bi wiring. i settled for non bi wiring.. and it sounded just the same to me.

peffy03

never noticed a difference in bi wiring unless running tons of power, what does make a big difference however is bi-amping the rti10s i did this off my onkyo sr604 and noticed a huge difference. if you have extra channels that you are not using try it out. use a dsp setting of 5 channel stereo to have both halves of the speakers have full range output

ben62670

You would be better off buying a good pair of wires than a pair of bi-wires

bubbalou

Thanks for all the good advice. They sound amazing already.

bluzrip

I'm pleased to see that most here agree that "bi-wiring" should be called "buy-wiring". I believe the quote originated with Tom Nousaine.

As some have noted, bi-amplification is a different beast and can be quite effective.

928man

If you have speakers that are bi-wireable but do not have jumpers can you just make them out of speaker wire?Is it best to plug the speaker cables into the high or low frequency jacks?

xandra

Peffy03 wrote:

what does make a big difference however is bi-amping the rti10s i did this off my onkyo sr604 and noticed a huge difference. if you have extra channels that you are not using try it out. use a dsp setting of 5 channel stereo to have both halves of the speakers have full range output

Thanks to encouragement from Peffy's post: I finally gave bi-amping a try (I had a similar situation - Onkyo TXR705 trying to drive incredibly hungry RTi10's) Within seconds of powering on, it was clear that It wasn't going to require serious analysis... the difference was night and day: violins sang rather than squawked, I could finally hear the basses play instead of a muddy low rumble.

Although purchasing an Amp might produce the same (or better) results - and, I'll likely go that route in the future, for now I don't HAVE to come up with big bucks, and worse yet, find a location for the amp. I'd even considered returning the 10's - now I absolute adore them.

So the moral of the story.. in specific situations bi-amping can be bliss.

TalkenRain

Don't waist your money. You won't hear a difference.

tonyb

TalkenRain wrote: »

Don't waist your money. You won't hear a difference.

Well now,that all depends on your gear my friend.