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In Reply to: Re: Jon Risch, please see bi-wiring question in Cable forum posted by cheap-Jack on March 4, 2003 at 13:25:01:
Hi cheap-Jack,I agree in full with what you said about bi-wiring and the benefits you can obtain by such setup.
About the external crossover, for my knowledge, there some other loudspeaker manufacturers that supply the external crossovers (like Zingali and a special version of Diapason Adamantes at least).
My DIY three way system too has external crossover, with very short connections to amplifier posts and the longer wiring between crossover exit and drivers.
This arrangement gives great benefits during the time consuming fine tuning (you can made it only by audition!) of the crossover components values; everything can be updated very quickly without intrusive operation on loudpeaker boxes, but moreover gives you more space to work, no component vibration and less magnetic interferences with drivers magnetic field.
Another couple of box in your room may reduce the WAF of your system, but nothing is perfect !As direct experience, beside the capacitors quality improvement (I try several brands, polypropilene up to astronomically expensive Jensen oil capacitors, finally coming back, on my system, to polyprop) there is a major audible change in mid and treble grain using Solen Eptalitz air core inductors; astonishing sweet and clear!
Are some 6 years now since I have finally upgraded my system with active + passive crossovers, vertical bi-amping (with two identical stereo power amplifiers each one dedicated to one channel) and tri-wiring, this is a "final" setup I cannot (and I do not want, being "fully satisfactory" to my hears) futher improve.
I have suggested and applied the bi-wiring tecnique to some systems of my friends using the "bi-wiring by example" as I call it.
I have hooked up their system with some my spare cables, leaving them (and to their wifes ...) the time to listen and evaluate the results; no one has gone back to single wiring! also the wifes has recognised the difference in sound perception approving definitely the new setup!.Results are every time the same: increased acoustical scenario, more air between instruments (more focused and stable), clear and less fatiguing listening (due to reduced intermodulation distorion).
But only direct experience and a basic skill (not to make mistakes on connections) bring to the knowledge of the benefits of bi-wiring; I was also a little bit skeptical on cables and bi-wiring one time, but I have not refused to take into consideration that if so many peoples report better acoustical results at least a parth of thruth must exist.
I verify it by myself: by audition and by technical considerations ... both carrying me to a definite results:
bi-wiring sound better and there are technical reason for that!.Good listening!
Franco
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