Biwire Speaker Question

Some people run four separate wires instead of biwire cables to taylor the sound. They'll use one brand of cable for the low connector and another brand of cable for the highs.

Not always the same. Usually not the same. For example...

Let say the all-in-one biwire cables have four 14awg wires inside. Two pairs are combined together at the amp end, with a single 14awg wire going to each of the four speaker terminals.

You can usually buy the same speaker cable that is not biwire. It will have the two 14awg pairs combined at both ends since there is no biwire.

If you use regular non-biwire cables you will be using four cables instead of two. Each of the four terminals on your speakers will be connected to a pair of 14awg wires instead of just one. This is double the gauge of wire to each speaker terminal than when using the bi-wire pair.

Believe me, this will affect the sound. Generally speaking the higher gauge of speaker wire the better. So using four single wires that are the same wire as the biwire pair will usually be better. You listen and decide..

Of course four wires of the same quality will cost you a lot more than two (double). Hard to compare say a pair of $400 biwire cables against two pairs of $200 single wires. They are not going to be the same wire.