Should I bi-wire my Monitor 70's?

ScudDawg
ScudDawg Posts: 68
edited January 2010 in Speakers
Hello I am currently looking at getting some blue jeans cable speaker wire for my fronts and center channel which can all be bi-wired. I see they can put bananas on one end and dual bananas on the other end for bi-wiring. Will this gain me a better sound than with just going with their 10 gauge wire with single bananas? Thanks for your time.
Home Theater:
Processor: Emotiva UMC-1
Amps: Emotiva XPA-3, Emotiva UPA-5
Center: Polk Audio CSi A6
Fronts: Polk Audio RTi A7
Surrounds: Polk Audio FXI A4
Surround Rears: Polk Audio RTI A3
Subwoofer: SVS 2039 PCi (upgraded woofer)
Power Conditioner: Monster HTS 5100 Signature Series

2 Channel: (work in progress)
Speakers: Polk Audio Monitor 40
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited January 2010
    Doubtful. Try it if you've got the wire lying around. :)
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited January 2010
    It's unlikely you'll hear much if any improvement in sound quality..it would be better to add a power amp for the 70s?

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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited January 2010
    In most cases bi-wiring is a waste of time...
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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited January 2010
    concealer404 wrote: »
    Doubtful. Try it if you've got the wire lying around. :)

    agreed
    cnh wrote: »
    It's unlikely you'll hear much if any improvement in sound quality..it would be better to add a power amp for the 70s?

    cnh

    agreed
    danger boy wrote: »
    In most cases bi-wiring is a waste of time...

    agreed

    LOL, couldn't have said it better myself. As stated though, if you have the wire, give it a shot. Although I doubt hear any difference. That 805 has a very good amp section, but your best bet would be to add an external amp. Then you will hear a big difference. BTW, what is up with your center, lol. Use the money you were going to buy the speaker wire and get yourself a CS2, lol.

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  • ScudDawg
    ScudDawg Posts: 68
    edited January 2010
    I do not think the CS2 is an upgrade for my center.
    Home Theater:
    Processor: Emotiva UMC-1
    Amps: Emotiva XPA-3, Emotiva UPA-5
    Center: Polk Audio CSi A6
    Fronts: Polk Audio RTi A7
    Surrounds: Polk Audio FXI A4
    Surround Rears: Polk Audio RTI A3
    Subwoofer: SVS 2039 PCi (upgraded woofer)
    Power Conditioner: Monster HTS 5100 Signature Series

    2 Channel: (work in progress)
    Speakers: Polk Audio Monitor 40
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