bi-wiring on Rotel 1067?

[shaddai]

Hey guys,

I was just wondering if it was possible to bi-wire my center channel (Definitive Technology C/L/R 2500) with the Rotel RSX-1067? Right now I have speaker wire going to the mid input on the speaker and the high and mid are attached by a golden bracket. An LFE cable going from the center pre-out is attached to the LFE in on the speaker (the low speaker input is untouched). I think the golden bracket is a type of bi-wiring but I hear actually physically bi-wiring with 2 sets of speaker wire is even better. Anyone know if this is possible with the 1067, and if so, is it worth doing? Too bad the unused rear center channels cannot be used for bi-amping.
Thanks for any advice I can get.

[Kens1]

I biwired my centre speaker and took out the jumper that came with the speaker. I did not hear a lot of difference (maybe a little more detail) but figured it couldn't hurt provided I use a quality speaker cable. I had my speaker cable made so it has the two sets at the speaker end and one set for the receiver.
Actually, when I use to play my movies really loud with the jumper in place I would sometimes hear a real harshness in the centre speaker like I wise driving it a bit too hard, but since I've biwired I've yet to hear that when playing it loud - so it must have done something.

[Dmantis]

This speaker may not benefit from a bi wire cable. Or a home made bi wire cable. A bi wire cable is configured out of 2 runs of the same wire or different guages for the top and bottom. The 2 wires are then connected together at the amp end for a single amp connection.

From what I just read, it sounds like your center channel has a built in amp. If I remember correclty, your woofer fires up correct?? I don't deal with Def Tech to much so forgive me there.

It also depends if the subwoofer is seperate from the bindingposts. I don't think it is so I don't see the benefits here. If the subwoofer needs the LFE line level to work and can't be powered but speaker level and the Midbass drivers and tweeters can be bi wired , then yes use a bi wire.

This all comes down to the way your speaker is configured. From my experience, Bi wiring always made a difference for the better. Clearer sound is what I have experienced. This should hold true with your centerchannel.

I would call Def Tech and see what they say. As far as the 1067 , yes any amp can be wired to bi wire a speaker. Bi amping requires 2 amps. Bi wire requires one amp.

Dan

[shaddai]

Dmantis, my C/L/R 2500 is actually tri-wireable and it also has an RCA LFE-in (yes, my center has a built-in subwoofer). The manual says that if I use the LFE-in, I shouldn't bracket the low-to-mid posts. My current setup is a gold bracket b/w the mid-high posts and the LFE-in from my 1067 center channel pre-out. As far as I know, I believe this config is correct. My biggest concern was if the golden bracket b/w the mid-high posts is equivalent to running another set of wires (bi-wiring). I'll give Definitive a call just to clear this up but thanks to you and Kens1 for your input!

[booktrunk]

If it's only bi-wireing and not bi-amping then to be honest what i've found is just getting a short length of "good" speaker cable and use that to jump from the one set of speaker terminals to the other makes as much difference instead of using the spacer included with most speakers.

Steff

PS: I am not intending to or want to get involved in any is bi best arguments ... amping, or anything else (cos everyone knows bi is best).