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Bi-Wire with two pairs of speaker cables

Stupid question:

My speakers have dual binding posts, so they can be biwired. Want to try. Currently using single wire speakers with jumpers.

So instead of selling current speaker wire, and buying new biwire set, can I get a second set of single speaker wire, identical to what I have, and run them from my Amp to the second set of binding posts on my speakers? Of course, removing the jumpers. I think I have enough space on Amp to fit a second set of spades
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jl35
2,244 posts
 
the only downside to a double run is that for same money as 2 pair  it might sound better to get a better cable with a matching jumper...
elizabeth
6,726 posts
 
One tweak used by folks bi-wiring with two sets of cables, is to connect the two speaker negative posts with a small wire jumper. The wire does not need to be fancy, just a copper wire, maybe as large as 18 gauge. It just seems to keep the two speaker parts coherent. ONLY the negative terminals at the speaker. not the positive ones, not both negative and positive.. just the two negative ones..
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millercarbon
324 posts
 
I hear you, jl35. The few times I tried biwiring it did make an improvement but nowhere near as much as simply spending the money on upgrading to a better single run cable. I mean it was not even close. That was many years ago, so given how far cables have come I'm sure its the same today only even more lopsided in favor of the one good cable. Has anyone bothered to make that comparison?
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tomic601
2,164 posts
 
External bi-wire if you can with 2-4” of separation in the long runs... the science is the LF field modulates the HF
the field strengydrops dramatically w distance
this is why many internally biwire cables don’t sound better
....
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hifiman5
1,611 posts
 
Agree with Tomic.  Forget the internal biwire cables. They defeat the main benefit of biwiring.
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