Biwire cable on a standard 2 terminal speaker?


Is this simply a dumb idea?

13 years ago after auditioning many different speaker cables I came across some MIT biwires which at the time were expensive to buy.The difference with these cables was the quality of sound they produced on my Def Tech BP2000's which are biwireable.

After all these years I finally took possession of a pair of AV13 LS-6 line arrays. They are not biwireable. I purchased a set of Reality cables which seem to work OK. I do have issues with sound as I try to marry my cables and equipment to these speakers.

Out of curiosity I connected the Reality cables to Def Techs, listened, then put the MIT biwires back in. The MIT cable produced far more magic in terms of soundstage, imaging, air, all the reasons why I bought them so many years ago.

The wife asked why I don't use them with our new speakers. The answer was simple, "they're biwires, 4 terminals don't fit on 2 binding posts. In reality, they could. Would there be a reason not to try other than reterminating the ends to spade lugs?

The biwires cables have a built-in network box which I pretty sure separate the high and low frequencies. So I'm defeating the idea of a biwire cable by connecting the separated wires (frequencies) together as one. Maybe I just answered my own question. More experienced folks may have better knowledge than I I'm sure.
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I have several sets of AQ shotgun biwires and none have any differentiation between the two runs.

Kal
Thanks for your responses. I will reterminate the banana plugs to spades tonight and see how this cable compares to the Reality cable I recently purchased. Should be an interesting comparison.
Kal - I was talking about biwired Audioquest Indigo. It has three pairs for low/mid and one for tweeter. Total of 8 wires in the cable (different gauge).

As for shotgun - my Satori has cables optimized and factory marked for low/mid and hi. I don't remember Audioquest selling any shotgun cables - somebody (store?) probably made it from identical runs.
All my AQ shotgun cables came directly from AQ and at their suggestion.

Kal
Kal - you're right, they sell shotguns. It is in their price list but I missed it.
Audioquest, having already complex construction and spread spectrum, decided
against specific optimization. My Acoustic Zen had them optimized but I don't
know how. I re-terminated them myself and don't see any difference. On the
outside they looks the same. It is possible that arrangement (twist?) inside is
different or it is only a marketing ploy.