Do I need those jumpers for biwiring?

[bone crusher]

Those little metal jumpers that go from one set of speaker posts to the other, are they needed?

[roxyv]

Originally Posted by bone crusher

Those little metal jumpers that go from one set of speaker posts to the other, are they needed?

NO. Remove those..

[bone crusher]

Originally Posted by roxyv

NO. Remove those..

What are they even for?

[naturephoto1]

Originally Posted by bone crusher

What are they even for?

They are there if you use a single wire running to one set of speaker terminals. If you do a bi-wire (single wire set up as or 2 sets of wires) or bi-amp the cables run to both sets of speaker terminals. In that case the metal jumper plates need to be removed.

Rich

[Big Daddy]

Originally Posted by bone crusher

What are they even for?

If you are not bi-wiring or bi-amping your speakers, do not remove them. They allow you to connect the one set of speaker wires to either the high or low inputs on the back of the speakers.

For bi-wiring or bi-amping, you remove the jumpers because one set of speaker wires will be connected to the high inputs and another set to the low inputs.

It looks like Rich beat me by a couple of minutes.

[Hammie]

Here is a question...

If you are not bi-wiring or bi-amping, what is better? The terminal jumper plate supplied with the speaker or an actual wire jumper?

[naturephoto1]

Originally Posted by louhamilton

Here is a question...

If you are not bi-wiring or bi-amping, what is better? The terminal jumper plate supplied with the speaker or an actual wire jumper?

Lou,

My guess is with a good quality jumper cable that it would be better than the plate; that is also what I recall being told. I have used some excellent jumper cables in the past with my rear channel speakers but I never took the time to make the actual comparison.