What is a "SHOTGUN" speaker cable??

So this is probably a stupid question, but this thread has me somewhat confused.

So what's the sonic benefit of running wire from your speaker with 2 connections on amp end and 4 on speaker end, versus running normal cables and using jumpers on your speakers? I'm sure there's a difference, but just curious how much of a difference (i.e. would replacing my Analsysis plus cables and jumpers be worth it, especially since I'm moving to a powerful integrated soon: JRDG concerto, MF TriVista, Accustic Arts Power 1, etc).

Thanks,

Matt

No thanks distortion. I couldn't take the recoil of 2 barrels. I'm getting old LOL

This is an old thread but a shotgun can have one or two barrels. There is the old term "double barreled shotgun", or also a "side by side". There is also an "over/under" which is also a double barreled shotgun but the barrels sit above and below one another as opposed to side by side. Most shotguns for hunting and also law enforcement / military are of the single barrel type. The action, not the barrels, are referred to as "pump", or "semi-auto". Some shotguns can be both pump and semi-auto (SPAS shotguns). Side by side and over under shotguns are expensive to make as it takes a lot of skill to get two barrels affixed together and have them shoot straight. So, it is rather a misleading term to use "shotgun" unless they cable manufacturer is referring to the concept of having a something coming out of a rather larger opening and rather quickly spreading out as that is what shotguns are designed to do.

The term varies by MFG. Audioquest calls it "Double Bi-wire." One connection at the amplifier end and two separate runs of cable to connect at two pairs of binding posts on the speaker end (you retain the full cable gauge at the speaker terminals.) Their "Single Bi-wire" is one connection at the amplifier end and one cable run that is split into two connections at the speaker end (you do not retain the full cable gauge at the speaker terminals.)