well, I went ahead and hooked her up. These Cresta2's are well reviewwd in just about every review I read. In fact, only one was mostly negative... the speaker is like six or so years old and the reviews are still easy to come by, even though they are discontinued. I am not sure if it is because they are made by such a large company or not.
Anyway, I hooked them up, bi-wired, or so I thought. They sounded really good, to me... but the more I thought about it, the more I began to realize that I really had not bi-wired these speakers afterall. I had left the spacers in.... Ok, so I am not the smartest. I went back and removed those, and these already good sounding speakers sound even more awesome. I would have never guessed that there would be that much difference between single and dual wired speakers....
Anyway, I am happy. Thanks to those here that gave me advice and for those who informed me of the Teac for sale!
PS: do you know that you can make some killer ghetto speaker stands with five foot of four inch pvc, 4 toilet flanges, and two 1x10x10 pieces of wood? Add 50lb of play sand from Lowes and you have 2 quite sturdy stands that you can paint or whatever you want too. Not bad for a bedroom or somewhere out of the main living area, where guest might be... at least, I have not heard my wife complain yet.
