I thought I would throw my two bits in: about a month ago I put the cheater plates back on my bi-wired speakers (B&W 604's driven by 200 watt Rotel) thus defeating the bi-wire configuration. I can say after a month of listening to many movies and cd's I am familiar with that I heard NO audible difference in the sound.

Up until that point I had bi-wired for 2 years based on the dealer's recommendation that I do so when I bought them. All I could say at that point in my HT education was that it at least looked cool and the 2nd set of posts were there so I might as well use them. As it turned out for my system, it didn't really matter one way or the other.

[This message has been edited by Joshorr (edited June 20, 2003).]