Shotgun connection

Thanks, Al.

The cables are Ocellia Reference.
The goal with double run is to increase overal gauge and add a bit of weight to the sound.

Regards,

I shotgun my cables and use option 1 like Al suggests. I have always done it this way.

You would have 1 "stick" of cable that would normally be for both + & - , but in a shotgun configuration, these would be twisted together for EACH + & -. So you would need 4 "sticks".

I have seen Kondo KSL-SPz double run cables and there one cable was for + and another cable for - terminal.
It seems that different configurations exists.

" ...I shotgun my cables and use option 1 like Al suggests. I have always done it this way...."

I bought OEM shot gunned Nordost Freys this way: e.g. both "+"s rolled together and terminated with a single spade. I would not step out of this configuration IMO.

I can appreciate the wish to add greater weight to the woofer via a thicker diameter cable.

In my prior system, I followed the Atlas Cable (and dealer) recommended approach of matched cables but of differing thickness: a 3.5mm diameter thickness speaker cable to the woofer ("LF") but only a 2 mm diameter thickness to the tweeter("HF").

What I did find next is that this "staggered thickness approach" worked best in a full bi-amped system as an upgrade to the classical 2-to-4 bi-wire kit approach from a single integrated amp.

LFD cables also have this "staggered thickness approach " in their hybrid line of speaker cables. I believe that they take it further with not only different gauge wire (LF vs HF) but also a varied material construction between the two.

"I bought OEM shot gunned Nordost Freys this way: e.g. both "+"s rolled together and terminated with a single spade. I would not step out of this configuration IMO."

As long as your amp doesn't have 2 speaker terminals for each channel, that's the best way to shotgun, especially if you have stiff cables.