Pillip L: You are correct in your battery analogy that current will not flow to the switch until it is closed but the voltage is still present. It is the voltage that determines what frequencies are transmitted where. Current just follows the voltage. Amplifiers increase the voltage going to the...
Even when you Bi Wire the amp sends the same frequencies down both sets of wire. The speaker crossover filters out lows for tweeters and highs for woofers. The amp doesn't know what you have connected. Electrically there is no difference between using the jumpers on the speakers or bi wiring. Bi...