One pair of speakers, two different speaker wire


I recently upgraded my speakers (same speaker line). Although I find them to be more refined, they have a tad less body. I decided to switch my speaker wire with a custom-made pair that’s been lying dormant for several years. It gave me the body I was looking for but a little less air and clarity on the top. I decided to use both pairs at the same time. Now I’m getting everything I was looking for, but I’m wondering if I’m doing any damage to my tube amplifier? Thanks for your response.
a_passion

Showing 3 responses by toddverrone

Ah, I see. You won't damage anything, but I don't think it's going to make anything sound better either. The amp will put out the same power. The increased effective diameter may give you better bass response, depending on the gauge of the cables, but connecting to second set of speaker taps may change the load your amp sees, so that may affect the sound. Try running both from one tap and see if it sounds better/different
(S)He's not biamping. From what I understand there are two sets of speaker binding posts on the amp. a_passion then has both pairs running into one pair of binding posts on the amp.