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Comparing Speaker Cables

I have accumulated several pairs of speaker cables that I have never tried to do careful A/B comparisons of because the time it takes to swap them is longer than my audio memory. But my speakers are bi-wired and it occurred to me that I could hook two different cables up and then only swap them at the amp which would be much faster. Is there any sonic downside to having a pair of unconnected cables hanging off one of the sets of inputs while the second set is connected to the amp?

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avanti1960
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determins some demo tracks, listen, pay attention, notice any tendencies, take notes for positive and negative sound qualities.  

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cindyment
351 posts
 

Lot to lot variations between sets of speakers, even driver units. 0.5db is not unusual and that can be audible, not to mention positional differences, etc. etc.

soix
9,730 posts
 

First, you need good quality demo material to allow you to hear important differences.  After that, I’d have someone switch the cables for you so you can just listen and don’t have to physically get up and change anything, which could potentially interfere with your sonic memory.  Best of luck. 

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stereo5
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@missioncoonery ,  you beat me to it. 

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fuzztone
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Only in the quantum world would 2 sets of identicals work.

Otherwise they can’t be in the same place at the same time.

But then that IS not an answer to your only question.

I will not attempt to advise on matters you are not asking about.

Or dissuade you from your quest. Have at it and good luck.

Besides what would MC's choice possibly mean to YOU?

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