Comments on: SVS Introduces SoundPath Ultra Bi-Wire Speaker Cables https://www.ecoustics.com/products/svs-soundpath-ultra-bi-wire-speaker-cables/ everything hi-fi Mon, 04 Sep 2023 17:52:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Michael T. https://www.ecoustics.com/products/svs-soundpath-ultra-bi-wire-speaker-cables/#comment-180130 Mon, 04 Sep 2023 17:52:06 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/products/svs-soundpath-ultra-bi-wire-speaker-cables/#comment-180130 No thanks! I’ll just stick to bi-amping with my DIY banana plugs and 12ga OFC cable. Any gains from bi-wiring are placebo. Matched amplifier channels and cable lengths for bi-amping produce measurable results. However, there are diminishing returns over single channel, single cable per speaker, that seems to work just fine for the majority of setups. Now XLR, can’t beat that. I mean, unless room temperature superconductors become a thing any time soon.

]]> By: Greg Cockings https://www.ecoustics.com/products/svs-soundpath-ultra-bi-wire-speaker-cables/#comment-179822 Sat, 02 Sep 2023 07:07:44 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/products/svs-soundpath-ultra-bi-wire-speaker-cables/#comment-179822 Why wouldn’t you use heavier 12gauge low resistance, oxygen free copper cable, leave the 2 bi wire terminal posts jumpered.

]]> By: Greg Cockings https://www.ecoustics.com/products/svs-soundpath-ultra-bi-wire-speaker-cables/#comment-179821 Sat, 02 Sep 2023 07:01:27 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/products/svs-soundpath-ultra-bi-wire-speaker-cables/#comment-179821 In more extreme cases, this can cause some unusual impedance dips and potentially cause thermal runaway (parasitic oscillation) for the channel output devices

]]> By: Greg Cockings https://www.ecoustics.com/products/svs-soundpath-ultra-bi-wire-speaker-cables/#comment-179820 Sat, 02 Sep 2023 06:57:33 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/products/svs-soundpath-ultra-bi-wire-speaker-cables/#comment-179820 Having a paralleled set of speaker cables to accommodate dual binding posts on speakers does not present a good outcome for amplifiers. This significantly increases capacitance and inductance at the amplifier output terminals.oh yes, it marginally reduces cable DC resistance.

It’s different when bi-amping as there are 2 amplifiers driving each terminal pair on the speaker.

Paralleling speaker wires per channel is a no go for that specific reason.

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