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Old June 12th 06, 07:50 AM posted to uk.rec.audio
Jim Lesurf
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Default bi-wire config question

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I have a Musical Fidelity A5 cd player and A5 intergrated amp, I have it
bi-wired to a pair of Acoustic Energy AE120 speakers (tri-wireable), my
question is this:- My speakers are three way, so at the moment I have
the MF and HF bridged together & the LF is seperate, is this correct?


TBH I'm not sure what meaning "correct" would have in this context. :-)

Or I should I have the MF AND LF bridged together & the HF seperate?


Or simply link the MF + LF + HF together.

You can approach this in three ways:

1) Try different arrangements and if you think they sound different, choose
the one you prefer. If there are audible differences, it will be your
preference that determines what is "correct" for you, not the opinions of
others who may use different systems in a different room acoustic, etc.

2) Note that controlled listening tests have never (so far as I know) shown
any reliably audible differences due to bi-wiring, and engineering analysis
implies that any differences will be in the range from slight to imaginary.
[1] Thus simply use what you have and save bother.

3) Check with the speaker manufacturers to see if they have any engineering
reason for specifying a particular arrangement. If they do, consider that.

My vote would be for (2), but its your money and your ears... ;-

Slainte,

Jim

[1] If you use unusually inappropriate cable/equipment this might not be
the case. But in such cases the way to deal with the problem would be to
use more appropriate cables, etc. This isn't a matter of expensive or
fancy, just things like ensuring the cables don't have excessive
resistance, etc.

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