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BiWire Jumpers on biwireable speakers.
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I've been thinking about this connection method a bit more and I'm inclined to accept @BoyScout 's report that it makes a difference.

Judging claims on the basis of reports like this is difficult but dismissing claims without listening for oneself is simply unscientific. So, what things might predispose me to accept @BoyScout 's report , at least provisionally, given that I can't remember any other listening reports? Basically 3 things:

1- this connection method has been around for a long time, I can't remember when I first heard it advocated. Snake oil fads tend to stick around for a while but disappear over time. Persistence over time adds a bit of credibility for me.

2- snake oil claims tend not to come with qualifications. They tend to come with claims, or intimations, that they work for everyone, in every system. Look at the diagram. It gives 2 methods of connection and it says to use the normal method for 3 way speakers and panel hybrids. Those speakers account for a large proportion of the speakers with BiWire terminals, probably more than half. The "suspect" method is being recommended for 2 way speakers only, probably the smallest part of the market. That's not the standard marketing strategy for snake oil.

3- snake oil is marketed for profit. Where's the profit in this? Anyone with 2 way speakers which can be bewared can connect a single wiring set of cables to their speakers this way by simply walking around to the back of their speakers and changing one of the connection points on each speaker. Where's the profit for Audioquest in that? They don't make any money out of it when they sell their cables, and anyone using some other manufacturer's cables can do it with their cables. This does not sell anything. Snake oil is only useful for a manufacturer if it sells.

So, we've got something that has stuck around for years, that doesn't cost anyone any money at all but just a few seconds work behind each speaker and can just as easily be reversed if the owner doesn't hear a difference or hears a difference and doesn't like it, and it's being presented as an option that is beneficial in only some cases, not all cases. That's not the way you see snake oil being marketed.

So yes, I'm prepared to give this one the benefit of the doubt until I either see a hard proof that it doesn't work or I get a chance to listen to it for myself somewhere and decide it doesn't work based on my own experience.
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RE: BiWire Jumpers on biwireable speakers. - by David A - 31-Jul-2020, 22:40

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