Greyhound, to begin with I believe the OP is using a basic stereo preamp with no Audyssey, nevertheless lets look at a few facts, and some more articles for reading, if you care to do so.
As noted in the article I provided in my first post, the manufacturer of his speakers states to use identical cables, as different ones will interfere with the proper blending of the woofer and midrange driver through the crossover point. Further explanation of this can be found in this article from Audioquest,
http://www2.audioquest.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/UndrstndgBiWr.pdf
The paragraph at Biwiring and Cable Geometry explains how the different electrical characteristics of different cables affect the crossover to compromise coherency.
And finally, this post by a well respected amplifier designer states that using different cables just messes-up the system coherence. This is also a good read about bi-amping.
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1234896660&openfrom&6&4#6
So, my question is, does it make good sense to purposely do things that really screw up the sound, in hopes that Audyssey can completely correct them. Seems to me it would be best to follow proper basic guidelines in setting up a system.
As noted in the article I provided in my first post, the manufacturer of his speakers states to use identical cables, as different ones will interfere with the proper blending of the woofer and midrange driver through the crossover point. Further explanation of this can be found in this article from Audioquest,
http://www2.audioquest.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/UndrstndgBiWr.pdf
The paragraph at Biwiring and Cable Geometry explains how the different electrical characteristics of different cables affect the crossover to compromise coherency.
And finally, this post by a well respected amplifier designer states that using different cables just messes-up the system coherence. This is also a good read about bi-amping.
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1234896660&openfrom&6&4#6
So, my question is, does it make good sense to purposely do things that really screw up the sound, in hopes that Audyssey can completely correct them. Seems to me it would be best to follow proper basic guidelines in setting up a system.