Pararigger 3 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Gday all. I have speakers with bi wire posts. I would like to try them out with jumpers. Seen many pictures and read why it may / or not be worthwhile. I just want to have a listen. I have attached a pic. Would this be correct. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites
Willco 1,962 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Yes and if you want to be quirky--try this Good Luck Willco Link to post Share on other sites
andyr 5,889 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 28 minutes ago, Willco said: Yes and if you want to be quirky--try this Good Luck Willco Shirley your diagram shows single-wiring, W?? Andy 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MattyW 2,229 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 34 minutes ago, Willco said: Yes and if you want to be quirky--try this Good Luck Willco That's how I wire my soon to be for sale Oatlon W2-1000F speakers, and my previous Aurum Cantus F620 speakers as well. My current DIY speakers actually require bi-amping due to differences in efficiency so not relevant there, and my B&W DM-16's only have the one set of terminals. Link to post Share on other sites
sir sanders zingmore 12,172 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 3 hours ago, Pararigger said: Gday all. I have speakers with bi wire posts. I would like to try them out with jumpers. Seen many pictures and read why it may / or not be worthwhile. I just want to have a listen. I have attached a pic. Would this be correct. Thanks Unusual configuration of binding posts - in my experience they are usually in pairs (black-red, black red). Yours are black-black, red-red. How do you know which is which - do you assume top red is tweeter, bottom red is woofer etc? what are the speakers btw? Link to post Share on other sites
Pararigger 3 Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 Gday all. The pic I posted was how I have seen speakers on the net using jumpers. What threw me is the pic below. Thats why I posted here to get an idea from gurus. Then Willco shows me his " quirky' diagram. Just to confirm, I can use either Willcos quirky diagram and / or my pic/diagram? Appreciate the assistance Ta. Link to post Share on other sites
Pararigger 3 Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 (edited) 20 minutes ago, sir sanders zingmore said: Unusual configuration of binding posts - in my experience they are usually in pairs (black-red, black red). Yours are black-black, red-red. How do you know which is which - do you assume top red is tweeter, bottom red is woofer etc? what are the speakers btw? Initally setup by a hifi shop. No idea or in regards to tweeter and woofer wiring. Just know they have them bi wired and working. Speakers are Orpheus Aurora 3. From Orpheus Duntech AU Edited January 22 by Pararigger 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
sir sanders zingmore 12,172 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Pararigger said: Gday all. The pic I posted was how I have seen speakers on the net using jumpers. What threw me is the pic below. Thats why I posted here to get an idea from gurus. Then Willco shows me his " quirky' diagram. Just to confirm, I can use either Willcos quirky diagram and / or my pic/diagram? Appreciate the assistance Ta. Try both and pick then that sounds better to you Nice speakers by the way Edited January 22 by sir sanders zingmore Link to post Share on other sites
Willco 1,962 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 (edited) 3 hours ago, andyr said: Shirley your diagram shows single-wiring, W?? Andy Well if h'e gonna use jumpers --single wire +/- from the amp--then short jumper wire from either terminal pretty basic. I'm presuming he's going "try" that method and not the quad wire input he showed in Pic 1. Just surmising Willco Edited January 22 by Willco Link to post Share on other sites
muon* 3,015 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 3 hours ago, Pararigger said: Gday all. The pic I posted was how I have seen speakers on the net using jumpers. What threw me is the pic below. Thats why I posted here to get an idea from gurus. Then Willco shows me his " quirky' diagram. Just to confirm, I can use either Willcos quirky diagram and / or my pic/diagram? Appreciate the assistance Ta. Those are Aurum Cantus Melody 103's Yeah, that's how I connected those 103's owned by a friend. Link to post Share on other sites
Pararigger 3 Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 1 hour ago, muon* said: Those are Aurum Cantus Melody 103's Yeah, that's how I connected those 103's owned by a friend. I posted the pic of the 103s as the jumpers threw me compared to other jumped speakers I have seen; just like Willcos diagram Most on the net were bridged + or - top or bottom only. Link to post Share on other sites
muon* 3,015 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 7 minutes ago, Pararigger said: I posted the pic of the 103s as the jumpers threw me compared to other jumped speakers I have seen; just like Willcos diagram Most on the net were bridged + or - top or bottom only. I did it that way as some on here were saying things are better connected like that, I did think I heard a slightly better balance after doing it like this with those friends 103's. Link to post Share on other sites
GregWormald 1,746 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 On 22/01/2021 at 9:23 AM, Pararigger said: Gday all. I have speakers with bi wire posts. I would like to try them out with jumpers. Seen many pictures and read why it may / or not be worthwhile. I just want to have a listen. I have attached a pic. Would this be correct. Thanks <snip> So you want to undo the bi-wiring and go to single wiring? Then yes, jumper the positives together and the negatives together. I can't see any advantage to going from bi- to single unless you plan to upgrade your speaker wires substantially in money terms, but simple experiments can sometimes have interesting results. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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