Are there any issues with connecting speaker wire in this manner?


I'm considering purchasing some 14 awg solid core wire to use as speaker cable.  I will be doubling this up to make 11 awg speaker cable. My amplifiers, Red Dragon S-500, have binding posts which DO NOT have a hole drilled in the center of the shaft for inserting wire (they are hollowed out for banana plugs but that's not what I am referring to here nor do I need).  I'll be connecting the speaker wire without attachments, no spades, bananas, nor pins.  To get a good connection, it would be ideal if I could take the wire and, at the half way point, wrap it around the amplifier binding post, then run the two ends out to the speakers.  Will this work or will connecting the wire in this manner be problematic?  Do I need to cut the wire into 2 runs?  Thanks!

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Thanks for all the responses.  It's good to have a wealth of knowledge to draw upon but let me clarify this, I'm not doing this in an effort to save money.  I want to hear what titanium, molybdenum, and niobium offer as speaker cables.  As slugs, the titanium and moly destroyed the copper in every way important to me.  I also have solid silver slugs, which are very good and also leagues better than the copper.  However, I find the titanium to be quite obviously more detailed than the silver and the images are so clearly delineated, it makes the other metals seem somewhat indistinct.  Titanium tracks sounds better as well, moving across the soundfield.  Pink Floyd tracks are a joy to listen to with titanium.  And the moly sounds like the best of silver but smoother and sweeter.  As far as I know, no one is making cables with these metals.  A few have used tungsten, and the reviews are generally quite favorable.  I read that the niobium resistors are top notch so why not experiment with the wire and see where it goes?  

So, I'm not interested in copper wire, either Home Depot or the best Furutech/Neotech have to offer, which I'm sure sound incredible.  I really want to hear what these other metals offer as speaker cables and even though the convenience of spades/bananas are undeniable, I feel they would likely compromise the sound.  How could they improve the sound?  Less is more!  I just want to make sure I didn't wire the system up in a way that could cause probelems

Jerry---will be trying titanium and niobium for sure, probably molybdenum too if neither of those are the sound I'm looking for as the moly adds a bit of body without losing too much detail.  It is less precise however, so hopefully won't need to use it.  I'll be getting them in 14 awg with the length being 9' from amp to speaker and will be getting them in 18' sections to bend in half/doubling them up.  I could use 2 18' sections, folded in half and lightly twisted as per suggestions here.

If making your own cables just go to vh audio and buy some decent Furutech 

Copper gold connectors and Furutech has several grades of high purity 

cables which is far better then just plain insulated wire.

Did you replace all the copper wire inside your amp and speaker cabinets? If not, you might be appreciating an interaction effect of copper x ______. 😜

If you trial these blind, I’ll admit it will be interesting. If you go it alone and all is sighted comparison, the value in this thread will be for all the practical advice others weighed in with, IM(blunt)O.

If you don’t use connectors, do color-code tape the end of each solid core before you start wrapping them - it’s a definite time saver when those wires invariable slip out of your slipped out of my hands during assembly! 😉