Wiring two post speakers with biwire cable


I have speakers with one pair of binding posts each. My amp has four binding posts for each channel (biwiring capable).

I have a set of biwire cables (one end has two terminations, + and -, the other end has four, two + and two -).

Is is safe to connect all four terminations at the end of this cable to the two posts on each speaker, or should I leave one set of + and - unconnected? What if I connected the four termination end to the amp and the two termination end to the speaker?

I don't want to run into any problems with running cables in parallel, messing with impedance, etc. Thanks.
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Hello
You will want to connect the wires at the amp as they shold be. At the speaker end you NEED to connect all 4 wires as they should be + and + to + post and - and - to the - post (unless using phase reversing then keep togother ++ and --and reverse). If you do not you MUST TAPE off the lose wires as they connect as a single + and single - wire at the amp which means that if not connect at the speaker as well you have two hot wire floating around there that can short out. Also by connecting the 4 wires you are just increasing you wire size, which in almost all cases is a good thing. Good luck Bob