Bi-wiring

[bubbalou]

I just got a pair of RTi10s that I picked up in the post-Thanksgiving sales, along with a CSi3 and two FXi3 (those are on order). They're hooked up to my Yamaha HTR5740 and sound great. It seems to me that the RTi10s are capable of being bi-wired, so I'm wondering 1) how much of a difference will this make in the sound for both music and movies and 2) as my Yamaha is a 6.1 system, will it work if I bi-wire it to both the A and B connectors? Any advice/help is much appreciated.

[beardog03]

Unless you use seperate amplification (external amp [s]) you will most likely not hear any difference...

It`s doable, but a waiste of time..IMO

I will let the other chime in though


Welcome to CP !

[danger boy]

bubba, beardog is right... biwiring is a waste of time. there isn't much of anything to gain. i gave it up years ago after going back and forth with my system and trying bi wiring. i settled for non bi wiring.. and it sounded just the same to me.

[peffy03]

never noticed a difference in bi wiring unless running tons of power, what does make a big difference however is bi-amping the rti10s i did this off my onkyo sr604 and noticed a huge difference. if you have extra channels that you are not using try it out. use a dsp setting of 5 channel stereo to have both halves of the speakers have full range output

[ben62670]

You would be better off buying a good pair of wires than a pair of bi-wires

[bubbalou]

Thanks for all the good advice. They sound amazing already.

[bluzrip]

I'm pleased to see that most here agree that "bi-wiring" should be called "buy-wiring". ;) I believe the quote originated with Tom Nousaine.

As some have noted, bi-amplification is a different beast and can be quite effective.

[928man]

If you have speakers that are bi-wireable but do not have jumpers can you just make them out of speaker wire?Is it best to plug the speaker cables into the high or low frequency jacks?

[xandra]

Peffy03 wrote:
what does make a big difference however is bi-amping the rti10s i did this off my onkyo sr604 and noticed a huge difference. if you have extra channels that you are not using try it out. use a dsp setting of 5 channel stereo to have both halves of the speakers have full range output

Thanks to encouragement from Peffy's post: I finally gave bi-amping a try (I had a similar situation - Onkyo TXR705 trying to drive incredibly hungry RTi10's) Within seconds of powering on, it was clear that It wasn't going to require serious analysis... the difference was night and day: violins sang rather than squawked, I could finally hear the basses play instead of a muddy low rumble.

Although purchasing an Amp might produce the same (or better) results - and, I'll likely go that route in the future, for now I don't HAVE to come up with big bucks, and worse yet, find a location for the amp. I'd even considered returning the 10's - now I absolute adore them.

So the moral of the story.. in specific situations bi-amping can be bliss.

[TalkenRain]

Don't waist your money. You won't hear a difference.

[tonyb]

Don't waist your money. You won't hear a difference.

Well now,that all depends on your gear my friend.