is bi-wiring useless?

[mastershake]

according to an article i read if i understood it correctly bi-wiring(not to be confused with bi-amping) into two separate drivers from a single source is pointless and dose nothing to benefit your sound. but what about for two separate but different size drivers like 15' and 10' via a crossover passive/active. is it even talking about splitting frequency or did i misinterpret. heres the following article http://www.theaudiocritic.com/downloads/article_1.pdf

it should be #7

[T-Bird]

Hi.

Bi-wiring is a Hi-Fi thing where the folks can hear the difference in the speaker wires insulation. To them it isn't pointless.

There is some scientific data to back it up, but for me that science falls well below the normal interference noise floor.

In MI use I have never seen anyone use bi-wiring.

Most passive PA stacks use it though, but for entirely different reason as the signal chain is: full freq. source -> cross-over(s) where it's split to 2* lo+mid+hi (for example) -> to 3*2channel poweramps -> to the individual lo+mid+hi enclosures.

Regards
Sam

[RickenBoogie]

besides, if you're talking about running 2 separate spkr cables from a bass amp to a single cab, you could actually damage the amp doing so.

[billfitzmaurice]

Originally Posted by mastershake

according to an article i read if i understood it correctly bi-wiring(not to be confused with bi-amping) into two separate drivers from a single source is pointless and dose nothing to benefit your sound.

True, whether they're passively crossed over or not.

Bi-wiring is a Hi-Fi thing where the folks can hear the difference in the speaker wires insulation.

No, they don't. They may convince themselves that they can, but they cannot.

[Bassdirty]

Cool article though.

[KramerBassFan]

I'll stick with bi-winning