Single vs Bi-Wire Cables to Speakers | The Listening Post | TLPCHC TLPWLG

[@JaredNZ]

Nice work Creighton, I enjoy the unboxing videos you do, no it's good to see some information from someone who is in the know. Great way to keep the channel growing too!

[@TLPCHC]

Thank you Jared

[@michaelpickard5252]

I have a PA, Yamaha mixer/amp with SoundTech speakers, TS connectors. I have an old set of Altec Lansing Model 15 speakers, bi-wire. How can I connect the Altecs to the mixer/amp, convert the TS cable to biwire or put a TS jack on speakers? Will either work?

[@TLPCHC]

Not really the type of speaker set up that is going to be worth the changes

[@JohnSmith-qi6co]

My 10 gauge speaker wire effectively makes the voltage at one pair of the biwire the same as at the other. No way anyone is going to hear any difference biwiring. Bi-amping is a different story.

[@TLPCHC]

Ha Ha. Yes - It Does! Go and have a listen somewhere. I have demoed to skeptics so many times I lost count and a basic vs good cable is obvious. One skeptic re-wired his whole home theatre from one demo!

[@mikeeygauthier2959]

When using single ended cable connections, it is recommended to plug the positive red wire into the upper binding post of the speaker. Better clarity.

[@rogerwebb7501]

Why?

[@mikeeygauthier2959]

@@rogerwebb7501 the high frequency signal is so delicate and subject to distortion; by plugging it in to the top, it goes directly to the crossover high frequency. That’s eliminating the extra connections when plugged in to the bottom plug. Fewer connections cleaner sound.

[@rogerwebb7501]

​@@mikeeygauthier2959 I presume as you haven't mentioned the black speaker lead that you intend to plug it into the bottom black terminal? If so then your treble content will still have to travel through the jumper from (or to!) the top left black terminal to the bottom left black terminal. The route for the bass is similarly inconvenienced! It's a misunderstanding commonplace amongst non-technically-minded 'audiophiles' that signal current 'flows' from the red lead somehow!! The signal current is AC current and flows in both directions: when the output voltage swing of the duty cycle goes positive at the amplifier terminals it induces electrons to flow TOWARDS it, in other words the actual current flows FROM the black terminal of the amplifier to the bottom black terminal of the speaker where it splits - if high frequency it goes up the jumper to the black tweeter terminal and on to the tweeter, on through it and to the (probably two) series capacitors in the high pass filter which are connected to the red tweeter terminal (note, the connection to the tweeter is, in the case of even order filters is usually out of phase with the bass/mid driver) and the red speaker lead and its return to the amplifier red terminal...thereby completing the 'loop'. On the negative part of the duty cycle the reverse happens and, yes the current flows through the tweeter BEFORE it reaches the jumper BUT IT STILL FLOWS THROUGH IT. I hope this is some help in understanding how the system works.....and the futility of trying to avoid those jumpers!!

[@TLPCHC]

I recommend replacing the bridging slips FIRST

[@rogerwebb7501]

​@@TLPCHCQuestion. If you replace the jumper plates/strips with wire ones and plug your single pair speaker cables into the top (tweeter) terminals what actually flows through the jumpers?