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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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turnbowm
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"....I have tried this, but to my ears the only thing that improved the sound was replacing the little mettal strip-jumpers (those generally supplied with bi-wire speaker terminalss) with a quality jumper made from wire...."

williewonka,

Is there any technical reason why wire jumpers are better than good quality metal straps ? One could argue that wire jumpers are, in fact, inferior because they introduce two additional junctions where the wires are soldered or crimped to the terminations (spade lugs or banana plugs). 
turnbowm
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"....If the plating or base metal was poor, there could very significant sonic effects....."  

leales.

Do you think that the designer/manufacturer of high-quality loudspeakers would knowingly use something that degrades the sound?

Poor plating or base metal also applies to spade lugs and banana plugs.
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