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Just wondering about speaker cables

Had a crazy thought, not an uncommon phenomena these days.Can you use more than one set of speaker cables at a time? Not talking about bi-wiring, I am talking about connecting two cables to the amp and to the speaker using the same post. My thought is if a cable has a certain characteristic that you like (Tight high end) and another cable has something different (More bass response) could you run them together to try and achieve the best of both worlds? Both cables are the same length.
Would this create some kind of feedback loop or overload the amp or speaker?
notnow0329
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millercarbon
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This was the first cable thing I ever tried, shotgun two runs of the same wire. Flash forward 20 years, Ted Denney Jr makes his element Copper Tungsten Silver speaker cables, three completely individual cables combined into one. I don't recommend it if you have to buy a set of cables, but you have them just laying around then the cost is zero and the benefit is not zero so go for it.
ebm
9,311 posts
 
Very bad idea could never work.good luck.
kennyc
1,567 posts
 
Very bad idea could never work.good luck.
I've read reports of sonic improvements but likely an unwise strategy because the $ spent for 2 SC pairs maybe better spent on another better SC.  
pauly
1,012 posts
 
No harm in trying. I suspect the probability that the sound will be worse than before is higher than the sound being better, but you'll never know if you don't try right?

Hook em up and let us know what your findings are.
tablejockey
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The only things in audiophoolery you need to be concerned about is something blowing up/causing a fire. 

Other than those 2 concerns do what your ears think is "better." 


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