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Combining different speaker cables for bi-wiring?

After spending the past few weeks trying different types of speaker cables with my system, I narrow down my choice to two brands of cables but I couldn’t choose on more than another.
The first cable I liked was giving all the details and dynamics I was looking for the highs and mids, but was lacking punch and solidity for the bass.
The second one I picked was giving me all the punch and fullness in the lows, but was too bright in the high frequencies.
Should I bi-wire my speakers using the first type of cable to drive the highs and the second type of cable to drive the lows?
Is that a common thing to do?
Would that affect timing and pacing between treble and bass?
Thanks for helping.
Cheers,

Mboimare (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

05-29-07

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05-29-07 This comes up a lot. generally, if you use two different br ... Davemitchell

05-29-07 There are as you know 2 ways to go on this. myself, i would ... Ozzy

05-29-07 It actually makes more sense than using the same cable. in f ... Pawlowski6132

05-29-07 Since the high and low frequency drivers are completely diff ... Eldartford

05-29-07 I recently had a bi-wire set-up with a pair of crl/fim cable ... Clio09

05-29-07 Open the amp and make sure your speaker cable is the same br ... Royy

05-29-07 If you prefer the frequency characteristics of the different ... Timrhu

05-31-07 I'd spend my money on a marchand electronic x-over... Psychicanimal

06-15-07 My experience is that chosing one cable for its low-producin ... Les3547

07-11-07 Interesting thread. i bi-wire with dh labs and use the 14ga ... Lkdog

07-20-07: Ryder

Since the high and low frequency drivers are completely different devices, each with its own sonic character, connecting them with different wire is of no concern.

I share the same opinion as with Eldartford. In my system the bass is entirely handled by the subwoofer with my mains producing only the midrange and high frequencies in high-passed configuration. In fact, I have 2 pairs of different interconnects(not speaker wires) that transmit the low frequency signals, a pair from preamp to subwoofer and another from sub to power amp.
Ryder (System | Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

07-21-07 There can be a surprising degree of difference in sound from ... Douglas_schroeder

07-23-07 i have used silver cables for bass and copper/gold for mids ... Chadnliz

08-09-07 In general it is not a good idea to use different brands of ... Majicjazz

08-09-07 In general it is not a good idea to use different brands of ... Majicjazz

08-09-07 Mit cables are not all you make them out to be, pulling the ... Chadnliz