No, probably positive. A few companies do this as their design, such as Jena Labs. If you get the postive and negative wires to cross at 90 degrees you get a phase cancellation--although very small for this signal, it probably is perceivable in high-end systems. Having not done a comparison myself I can't say for sure, but I can say that it won't hurt. If you kept your wife happy, and you didn't do harm to the signal--you're ahead of the game.
Effects of brading interconnect wire
Here is an interesting question on a more technical side, for those so inclined. What effect(s) result from brading speaker wire, regardless of the brand/cost? Neatly coiling extra wire would create some amount of inductance, I would venture to guess. And leaving a pile of pasta dosen't rate high on the wife-o-meter.
In my situation I have a pair of Alon Mk IV's tri wired to my McIntosh MC-2102 and to neaten things up I braided the wire to make it more "visualy appealing". What have I done to those poor electrons!
In my situation I have a pair of Alon Mk IV's tri wired to my McIntosh MC-2102 and to neaten things up I braided the wire to make it more "visualy appealing". What have I done to those poor electrons!