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Combining different speaker cables for bi-wiring?

After spending the past few weeks trying different types of speaker cables with my system, I narrow down my choice to two brands of cables but I couldn’t choose on more than another.
The first cable I liked was giving all the details and dynamics I was looking for the highs and mids, but was lacking punch and solidity for the bass.
The second one I picked was giving me all the punch and fullness in the lows, but was too bright in the high frequencies.
Should I bi-wire my speakers using the first type of cable to drive the highs and the second type of cable to drive the lows?
Is that a common thing to do?
Would that affect timing and pacing between treble and bass?
Thanks for helping.
Cheers,
mboimare
clio09
3,346 posts
 
I recently had a bi-wire set-up with a pair of CRL/FIM cables on the bottom and a pair of Virtual Dynamics Master 2.0 cables on the top. While to me the sound was fine, it wasn't what I was quite expecting from bi-wiring. The sonics of each cable were clearly audible and as Davemitchell points out the set-up was somewhat non-coherent.

In the end I'm looking for a one brand solution to try out. However if I had my druthers I would bi-amp, with a tube amp for the top end and a solid state for the low end. I think bi-amping is a better solution than bi-wiring.
royy
148 posts
 
open the amp and make sure your speaker cable is the same brand of cables used inside.
timrhu
2,779 posts
 
If you prefer the frequency characteristics of the different cables it makes sense to use them where they sound best. Some manufacturers use different wire gauges or materials in their cables meant for internal biwire to take advantage of those characteristics. You found them on your own.
psychicanimal
1,738 posts
 
I'd spend my money on a Marchand electronic x-over...
les3547
22 posts
 
My experience is that chosing one cable for its low-producing cabability and chosing the second cable for its mid/highs can make a huge difference. I've had three sets of biwire speaker cables, upgrading each time. I noticed the improvement over using jumpers, but nothing like when I started wiring for the traits of the two frequency ranges. The best I've achieved thus far is high-end MIT cable for the high/mids and a silver hybrid for the bass. I reasoned that the silver would tighten up my bass, and that's exactly what it did.
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