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Bi-wire speakers and bi-wire cables?

My speakers are bi-wired right now with some Audioquest rocket 33’s. So the jumpers are off the back of the speakers. 
I want to still use my current speaker cables but can I just connect the jumpers and still use all four of the Audioquest speaker ends in all four of the high/low binding posts of the speaker?
The reason I’m asking is I want to see if I hear a difference with bi-wiring and not bi-wiring. 
todd1010
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kr4
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I will say one or the other but not both at the same time.
  Why?  They do the same thing and there's no harm in redundancy.
hickamore
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No harm in bi-wiring leaving jumper attached? Wish others would weigh in on this. Legacy, for one, says remove jumper if bi-wiring, not sure why.  Seems intuitively if the jumper passes electrons differently yet simultaneously, sonic muddle would result? Will ask Legacy before trying it, lest something blow up.

builder3
755 posts
 

If the jumpers aren't removed, it isn't bi-wiring. Nothing has changed, no matter how many cables you attach.

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