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Using biwired cables on speakers with only 2 connections

I generally have bought biwire speaker cables in the past, and now I have speakers that can't be bi wired.

Is there any problem if I only use two of the four wires and just Cover the other two wires so they don't touch each other. I hate the fact that I bought really expensive speaker cables and now I have this issue.

Do I use the high pass or the low pass LR pair?  Which have been marked this way so I trust there was actually a reason for them doing this and not just cosmetic

Will this impair sonic performance ?

emergingsoul
immatthewj
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 But I tend to think cutting the gauge effectively in half is not a good

I tend to think that you are correct.

califortini
4 posts
 

Thanks all. I'll also drop a note here once I get the speakers hooked up in a week if I can wire them together on the post or if I need to cap the binders. 

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markalarsen
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Send them to the manufacturer and have them reterminated

califortini
4 posts
 

a quick follow up, was able to wire them together no issue, the Martin Logan 11a had a combined binding post and banana insert at that same terminal so it was super easy.

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