Advice needed: biwire speaker cables used as single wire speaker cable?


Hello, I have a chance to get a pair of good 2nd hand true biwire speaker cables, but my speakers only have one positive and one negative terminals on each side. Would it make sense to connect the biwire cables to my speakers that only have one positive and one negative terminals on each side?  The question may sound stupid but  these cables are not available on the 2nd market often, so I really want to get them. Thanks much for yours valuable advice. 
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Showing 1 response by almarg

Assuming there would be no problem physically accommodating the cable terminations, the only situation I can envision in which that may not be a good idea would be if the cable is one of the few types that have ultra-high capacitance, such as Goertz.  Having two runs in parallel will double the total capacitance, which may be a problem for the amp if the capacitance of a single run is already very high.  Two runs in parallel will also result in resistance and inductance being cut in half, which can only help assuming the goal is to minimize the sonic effects of the cable. 

Regards,
-- Al