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Bi-wireing speakers

I am curious about Bi-wireing. For many years I have been Bi-amping, I recently moved and have no room for my equipment. I have been reading about Bi-wireing on the web and am confused. All the drawing show two sets of cables coming off either side of the Amp, one set going to the low freq. speaker and one set going to the High Freq. speaker. I would think a 300 Watt Amp could blow a tweeter and you would need some kind of crossover unless they are considering and not showing the speakers internal crossover. What would be the advantage of running two sets of cables to the same terminal on a speaker. Being most cables have their own characteristic I would think that can improve the sound if you had a good match.
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tomic601
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i have a set of 9’ Audio quest Type 6 in a shot gun bi-wire configuration, easy to test and hear the difference....just zip tie the runs together to simulate an internal biwire config, then cut zip ties and seperate by 4” along the run. They are terminated w Vandersteen sized spades at the speaker end, Vandy owners welcome to borrow and experiment.......

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Jim

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gdnrbob
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I have been following the thread about the Doug Schroeder technique for interconnects, and I think it parallels this thread.
The use of a second pair of cables seems to not only improve speaker cables, but interconnects, as well.
Why or how, I can't say. But, practice does seem to have merit.
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jackg2
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This is a very interesting thread but what Tomic601 says does seem to play out in real life. So if you have the money run two seperate speaker cables for your bi-wire setup. It does sound better.
wolf_garcia
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AQ's "Rocket" line make great bi-wire cables as they're already separated into 2 runs per cable...I use a pair and they're an easy solution that are well made, well thought out (has 'em explained to me by Bill Low himself at a a local audio joint) excellent sounding cables.
gdnrbob
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I own the GO-4's and they are a considerable upgrade from the Rockefeller's I owned previously. The price wasn't crazy either.
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