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Two different cable pairs from amp into speakers

I have two different bi-wire cables with different strengths. One cable excells in the treble and mid-range and the other excells in the bass department. One cable is spade to spade and the other has bananas on both. My question is: Can I hook up both sets from my amp to my speakers (Piggy Back)? I want to use both biwire ends into the speaker and not let one bi-wire end hang loose. Will I get the best of both cables by combining the two or will the two different cables smear the sound? Maybe I should have each separate cable go to the different terminals on the speaker and not combine the cables? Thanks.
jimd
sonic_genius
528 posts
 
Done all the time. Put the cable with best highs on the hF posts. Other cable on the LF posts. I have done this with many brands of cables with good results.
distortion
571 posts
 
I think, if I read correctly, that Jim has two sets of Bi-wire cables, and since one is all spades and the other is all bananas, he wants to run 4 spades and 4 bananas at each speaker. To gain the benefits of each cable. One on top of the other so to speak.

Why not, give it a try. If you dont like the way it sounds, so be it.

Maybe a local shop could reterminate for you. Spades and bananas on each cable at the speaker or conjoin the termination as a non-biwire. This way you can use them they way you like, one on bass the other on mid-treble.
abex
322 posts
 
Do both speaker cables need to be the same length?


The cables must be of similar length. If the two speaker cables are not close to each other in resistance, and inductance, the damping will be different. The capacitance will be different and the high frequency roll-off will be different. These electrical chracteristics affect the stereo image and image depth, as the two channels delicate balance has been disrupted.

There should be no differences in length for shorter lengths of more than a 2 to 1 ratio, and preferably the closer to the same, the better. Long runs will be more critical, and would need a closer match still.

http://www.1388.com/articles/faq_cable/#Are%20good%20speaker%20cables%20important
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