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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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thyname OP
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Unfortunately @jb840 it only accepts spades
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bdp24
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Bi-amping correctly (with a filter removing the bass from the amp powering the midrange and/or tweeter drivers) requires two pair of cables of course, and some bi-ampers like to use heavy gauge on the woofer, lighter on the m/t’s. Bi-wiring can provide similar (though lesser) improvements, and is what Richard Vandersteen recommends for his loudspeakers. Separating the m/t's from the back-emf sent into the cable from a dynamic woofer is a good thing. Nothing wrong with trying different cables on different drivers. It’s only money ;-) .
wolf_garcia
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I had made a pair of AQ Type 8s into a bi-wire cable and that sounded OK, and then ran into Bill Low at a local audio "salon" and he explained to me why his "Rocket" cables might work much better...I bought a pair of the newer version of the Rocket 33s (4 conductors per bi-wire side of each cable run instead of 3) and yeah, he got it right as they're really 2 runs of the same cable, and sound terrific. 
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