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Separating BiWire Cables

I have a pair of Jena Labs shotgun biwire spkr cables, with 2 terminations on amp end, 4 on spkr end for each cable.

I now have new speakers which do not accept biwire. Can I use just 2 of 4 terminations on each speaker end and still get full range sound, or would I only be getting treble/midrange or bass?

Thank you.

Neal
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rcrerar
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Are these terminated in spades?
If they are, can you not connect two spade connectors to each binding post?

If not it shouldn't bee too difficult or costly to re-terminate one positive and one negative connector per cable.

You can certainly do what you propose, but if at all possible it would be much more preferable to have the entire cable connected to the speaker end.
rcrerar
215 posts
 
It hasn't converted me. I tried, I hoped, but nope.

If the binding posts have large holes you may be able to fit the banana plugs into them. Be careful. If not you could possibly remove one set of bananas and insert the bare wire into the binding post. The downside of this of course is if in the future you decide to sell the cables it may reduce their value somewhat. I would look into having them re- terminated.
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