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BrettisMckinney

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Hey guys, i'm using Paradigm Monitor 7's through my yammy rxv496 and when i purchased them the guys there made me up a bi-wired cable. They said it would be better and told me how to connect it. Anyway, lots of time has gone past and I thought that maybe since I dont know anything about bi-wiring, I should ask this question...

On the connections to the speaker, they told me to put the thicker/fatter wire to the top(high frequency) and the thinner/lighter cable to the bottom(low fequency). Does that sound right to you? I would have thought for better bass response a thicker cable would be required. Or would it be a special type of thin wire designed for bass?

I'd hate to have been using it the wrong way around! Any suggestions would be awesome.
 

SethH

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If the wires are different AWG then you should really just stop using the thinner wire. Just run the thicker wire and use the jumpers on the speaker. Bi-wiring offers no real benefit. Bi-amping could make a difference, but bi-wiring is pretty much just snake oil.
 

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