rocket 88

@panzrwagn

Maybe cables matter, but y’all understand that bi-wiring does absolutely nothing, right? You’re still sending a full-range signal down both pairs, the crossovers still do their low-pass/high-pass roles. And at 10-12 ft the series resistance is still a small fraction of the series resistance of the low-pass inductor.

If the speaker wires are separated at each of the crossover input leads, the amplifier will indeed still send full-range signal to it’s own output jacks, but shouldn’t the same capacitance that prevents current flow for low frequencies from going to the tweeter also prevent those frequencies from traveling down the respective wire at wherever they junction at the amplifier outputs? As in, essentially becoming an extension of the capacitor circuit leads? (and then the inverse to the woofer due to the inductance on the woofer speaker wire?)

To the OP, I wouldn’t think a 2 foot length would make an audible difference.

2 ft. difference will not matter in the SQ you experience. 

Short answer: "No. There won't be an audibile difference"  Premium cables have gotten quite expensive and you have a chance to buy a pair of 10' factory-terminated Rocket 88's at the right price, you should go for it.

fyi- I upgraded the internal cabling of my speakers with Rocket 88 year ago.  It was well worth the time, and money.  Also, I have decades of experience with Audiopquest (semi-retired, but still a dealer on the books) and have been a fan of DBS since it's introduction.  I'm sure there are situations where the DBS difference isn't perceptable.  I just haven't come across one, yet.

@guitarlenn55

"Bi-wiring" the 802s:

There is much debate on this subject. Justifiably so.

I think it can be argued that "all things being equal" there may be little benefit to "bi-wiring." But, given the fact that the 802’s (as are many premium speakers) are factory configured for bi-wire. So, the options are: bi-wire or not bi-wire?

If you run full range cables to a speaker set for bi-wire, you have 2 cables running to a speaker with 4 input terminals. This requires a jumper, of some kind to "feed" all 4 terminals. This can be accomplished via a factory-supplied "jumper bar" to get the job done. Not the best material, or geometry for best SQ. Or, you get high quality jumpers (from AQ, or others) to do the job. Better, but there’s still an extra set of connection points and cabling, in the signal path.

SBW (single bi-wire) is a neat, simple solution for bi-wiring. One cable, one jacket, split out into 4 leads at the speaker end. However, this does take part of the cable’s total AWG and divide it between "lows" and "highs" with debatable (by some) SQ benefits. This is your current configuration, it appears. DBW (double bi-wire) uses dedicated cables for "lows" and "highs" meaning, of course, that 100% of the cable is used for each, with no compromises in the AWG to feed signal to each. So, essentially, you’re doubling the gauge of your speakers, which is a good thing.

Given the fact that the 802’s are factory configured for bi-wire, running an additional set of Rocket 88’s is a no-brainer, in my view. Especially, if the price of admission is at a reasonable price.

thankyou for all your input.

I change one thing a time over a few days so I digest and see if I can hear a difference. There's no doubt, not placebo, that cables do matter! Power matters 

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