Bi-wiring

[tinman67gz]

If I want to bi-wire my Polk Monitor 40s do I need the same size wire for the driver as for the tweeter? Do they both connect to the same term on my reciever? Whats the best size wire for each?:confused:

[carpenter]

Hi, Welcome :)

do I need the same size?
In principle you can get away with different gauge for upper and lower posts, but I fail to see what you're truing to accomplish by it.

Do they both connect to the same term on my receiver?
Yup. that's the point in biwire. both '+' jacks on the speaker go to the amp's '+' jack, same for the '-'.

Whats the best size wire for each?
The longer the wire you need to run, the thicker you want it to be. I guess under 70-80 ft you should use 16 gauge, any longer, say until 180-200 ft go with 14, and above that, even 12 or 10.

[ben62670]

I would not bother BiWiring the monitor series. Standard speaker wire from Walmart in the auto section would be fine for them. 14, or 12ga.

[Deadof_knight]

Either works great Ive hooked up plenty with the Wally world wire!!! If it were me I would use the same gauge High and low !!!!

[treitz3]

Tinman, bi-wiring is overrated with the exception of two or three folks that swear it made all the difference in the world. To each his own, I guess.

[tinman67gz]

Make it four. I bi-wired my speakers and the highs do sound much crisper and cleaner than before.

[tonyb]

Five.......I noticed a difference...slight,but there none the less.

[janmike]

I have found that some speakers do and some speakers do not benefit from bi-wiring.

[MKZ]

Use jumpers. Or extra piece of speaker cable instead of oem.

[xandra]

Six... I had a huge improvement (Onk 705/RTi10s) but by using both Front and rear surround terminals (still dunno if this is biAmpling or biWiring). I really hadn't expected much, so was very pleasantly surprised.

I've wonder whether results also vary based on Reciever: how underpowered is it and how does it reallocate the power.
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nonetheless, it's so simple to try, it's worth a stab. (if results aren't an obvious improvement, you can always go back to old setup.

[ben62670]

Six... I had a huge improvement (Onk 705/RTi10s) but by using both Front and rear surround terminals (still dunno if this is biAmpling or biWiring). I really hadn't expected much, so was very pleasantly surprised.

I've wonder whether results also vary based on Reciever: how underpowered is it and how does it reallocate the power.
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nonetheless, it's so simple to try, it's worth a stab. (if results aren't an obvious improvement, you can always go back to old setup.

Bi-Amping;)