Your opinions on how to string 25 ft speaker cables


I am running them through a hole in floor to crawl space, then up through floor to speakers. There are four cables to each speaker (Bi-wired)B&W 604s2 plus a subwoofer, Vandersteen 2WQ, (2 cables) nearby. Using 12 AWG two strand 99.9 copper nothing special cable from Monoprice. Should they be twisted around each other, or run separately and far apart, or in some other magical configuration for best of the best of the best, sound?
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I do not think there would be an audible difference at speaker level.  I do think that it will be easier for you to just pull the cables as a single bundle, rather than to twist them.  

I agree with Kijanki that twisting cables reduces emf effects and such, but you don't need to be too concerned about that at speaker level as the signal level is already so high. 

I work in the professional ,audio world and have been involved in many very high profile projects through the world.  I have never seen anyone twist individual speaker  wires, especially if carrying different signals together.