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Posted by: Big Ears on 05 December 2001

Hi all
I have bi-wireable speakers and after some advice from the forum (thanks) have replaced the brass links with Naca 5 and found a vast improvement in sound quality.
My question is that when i bought my speaker cable it was terminated with bannana plugs so i wondered if any one who owns bi-wirable speakers has removed these plugs and instead of making jumpers with Naca 5 used the bare wire and fed them through both sets of bi-wireable terminals?
Any difference in sound quality?
Regards Gary

Posted on: 05 December 2001 by JosephR

IMHO, biwiring will not offer much gains, just a more difficult load for the amps to see ...

I use jumper cables and have found significant differences between different cables. Haven't tried the NACA5 yet, but currently settled with the XLO 5.1 Signature after trying out Kimber, XLO Ultra, and JPS. I'm not recommending these cables to anyone, these are just what I've tried ...

Posted on: 05 December 2001 by Manu

Gary,
Don't use bare wire on binding post.
Screwing directly on the wire will stress the copper and can even cut some strands. The connection will not be air-tight, and oxidation will eventually occure. Use soldered bananas like Naim ones.

Joseph,
Twisted speaker cables are not recommanded with Naim Amps. Inductance is too low, capacitance too high.

Emmanuel