Bi-wire Cable Choices?...

Tvad, that's interesting. The local dealer is touting the Audioquest CV-6. Those would be about 400 bucks. How much are the MAS Signature Hybrid speaker cables? Do you know anything about the CV-6?

Also, (if you have the time and patience) can you educate me a little on biwiring? Specifically, am I really gaining anything by having only two connections to the wire at the amp and then branching into four to "biwire" at the speaker end? The amp is the ST 140 and has only a single + and - post for each channel. It does NOT have 4 posts per side, so I'm NOT "bi-amping".

In this setting, is this "bi-wiring" just some sham, or is there really some benefit beyond a "regular" cable run? Thanks for the help.

Mdhoover, I have not experienced an advantage of bi-wiring over single
run wiring with jumpers, but others might say otherwise. I have long
speaker cable runs of 30', and twisting the opposing leads of the Canare
4S11 (red/clear red and white/clear white) into two leads provided the
same performance as bi-wiring. I think spending the money on four
lengths is a waste, especially for a short run. Canare 4S11 is a good
value because it provides four twisted leads that can be combined into
two leads. Are you using them this way? You should try it.

MAS Signature Hybrid has a similar configuration but uses copper and
silver wire, and can be either terminated to allow bi-wiring, or twisted
pair in a larger gauge. You don't mention how long your runs are, so I
can't give you a MAS Signature comparison at $400, but there is a used
8' pair currently available on Audiogon for $170. The new MAS cables
come with a 30 day MBG. You can contact Stu Wein via one of his ads
for MAS interconnects.

Tvad,
It's about 10 feet or so. I have these with two leads at the amplifier end and four leads at each speaker end. I'm so ignorant about this issue that I don't even know whether such a configuration constitutes "bi-wiring" or not.

Yes, that's bi-wiring.

Thank you. I've read another post asserting that there's no benefit to bi-wiring as described above because the separated leads bridge back together at the speakers' binding posts if those posts are mounted on a metal plate. Supposedly, the biwiring benefit accrues only when accompanied by bi-amping and an external crossover. I obviously do not know, but have absolutely no intention whatsoever of doing any sort of rigorous empiric testing. No way. Thanks again for the information.