How To Bi Wire Your Speakers (Includes Sound Comparison)

Is bi-wiring legit or just another way of getting us to buy more cable? In this video I sound test single wired speakers against bi wired speakers to see whether there's a discernible difference.
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[@odargoo4298]

the main purpose of bi-wiring, as I understand things, is to separate the base & mid/treble to produce a cleaner more accurate sound overall. I use to have a Technics set-up that was bi-wired & you Really could tell the difference, especially when playing something like Mike Oldfield's - Tubular Bells II for example... However from the look of your amp set-up in the video, all you managed to do was add an additional cable to each speaker, as your amp isn't Bi-wire capable. Hence the lack of any difference between the audio quality... I could be wrong about your amp? as I don't know it's specs? But the system I had, the amp was designed to accommodate a Bi-wired speaker setup that specifically separated the audio channels.

[@rickgreen7643]

I think a lot of the commentatators need to get out more

[@LB-rq2ds]

Biwirring is only made so they can sell more speaker cable

[@Sasha0K]

There's no point in "bi-wiring" from physics point of view. But: bi-wiring creates a "ground loop" - a loop of two parallel wires connected at the ends forming a giant coil which is prone to picking up electromagnetic noise... So unless one is driving two speaker inputs from different sources (can be same amp but with different spectral drive - highs, lows, etc.) - there's no point in biwiring.

[@Torulv]

No difference what so ever and these are good speakers. I think this is the kind of A B example needed to make people understand they are mostly fooling themselves. If there is nothing to gain with this speaker, I would assume (maybe wrongly) the fidelity gains with others speakers would be so low its mostly not worth it. Thanks for the video

[@kennethdarby6783]

Tried your experiment with my Denon M41 and my Wharfdale 12.2 speakers and the bi/wiring certainly made a difference on my system, producing a fuller sound than using single wiring.

[@5675492]

Bi-amping is probably where any discernible audio differences will show up . My 65 year old ears wouldn't realize it though lol .

[@suryakk-sy1gg]

Bi wiring is waist of money and time

[@DougMen1]

I couldn't hear any difference, and, when I've tried it with any of my speakers, the bi-wire might have sounded a little clearer, but it also sounded less cohesive, like the sound was coming from two sources, like I was hearing the woofer and tweeter separately, instead of a cohesive sound where they blended together perfectly, which I really didn't care for.

[@rocketrhys2676]

Bi wiring is usually for different spec cable, some cable seems to handle higher frequencies better than others etc. I don't really hear the difference myself but I suspect this is more on the higher end stuff. Like using a tubed amp for the highs with a conversational amp for the lows.

[@jonboy9912]

I have done the same thing and I heard nothing different. That said there are a lot of people who talk about sound like a sommelier talks about wine and I cant taste the difference between wines like they do! So my vanilla ears save me money on speaker wire but I still spend too much on wine!! Thanks for the video.

[@joeorrego7247]

This was very helpful, simple and straight to the point. Thanks!

[@marceuru]

Very good video and demonstration. Clear and concise explanation. Many thanks.

[@paulwhelan7123]

Good advice, anticipated result, thank you.

[@martincrane4636]

Thanks for the informative video - appreciated.

[@virus.d12]

thanks for the explanation mate

[@thebadgerno.1872]

I couldn’t hear the difference from your trial…but looking through comments, it depends on specific audio equipment used????

[@grantbassett2048]

Hi, My 90s kenwood ka3020se, has 2 sets of Speakers A&B, and I have Wharfdale 230s. I had 2 sets of QED cables to each Speaker using both A&B Speakers terminals to Bi-wire, it sounded a bit thin, so put the copper/ gold joining plates back on( like in the video) used 1 set of cables to each speaker ,just using Speakers (A) and sounded fuller, better 😊.

[@TwoHemiViewer]

Yes I noticed a difference, I have my Yamaha amp and all the goodies with my Audio Centron 150 watt 15 inch speakers by wired and it absolutely definitely makes and more full sound or another way to say it there is more fill in the sound yet remains crisp and sharp when needed and more distorted when listening to distortion sounds.

[@paulbryden4006]

Sounded the same to me tbh. And as I have 5.1 set up be pointless. Great vid to the point as ever