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In Reply to: RE: Well... posted by Doug Schroeder on November 29, 2014 at 08:14:08
I know the guys at Zu Audio fairly well...My current Speaker Cables are the Zu Event, a hidden gem in Cable Market, IMHO...
I had there Wax Bi-wire Speaker cables for years, due to their cable geometry, they are terminated at the amp end as one hook-up, but they run two full cables on the speaker end...
So, if I understand you correctly, if the speaker end was terminated for each binding post, like the amp end would that achieve what you are talking about without the risk??
So, these pair would be for one speaker??? Right???
If you know the Zu guys at all, they are pretty much game for anything...
Thanks
Mark
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speaker cables. I have a similar set done up by Clarity Cable.
Yes, if the speaker end were terminated like the amp end it would be a good illustration of what I do with separate cables. If the speaker was biwirable I would use all four cables on the one speaker channel, say the Left speaker. I would get another set of four and do the other channel, say Right. Sounds crazy, eh? But you should hear it.
With the cables you show you could double wire a pair of speakers L/R with one set of posts each.
It can be tough to lodge all the spades onto the speaker posts. Often I approach the post with the two spades from opposite directions, i.e. one at 12 O'clock and the other at 6 O'clock. You also need to be exquisitely careful that you have all the positive and negative spades clear of each other so as to not cause a short. If you have a speaker binding post wrench it helps to make sure they are snugged down so that they will not budge.
If it helps diagram the connections.
Like I say, this is a play at your own risk proposition. You begin to see why I recheck connections three times. Most of the time I verbally call out the colors of the posts and wiring attached to it, i.e. "Red, red, red.." Then move to the other post, "Black, black black.." By doing so you will be able to catch a mis-wired post. Don't guess at anything; make sure the connections are perfect. I most often use at least one set of banana connectors in place of spades as it obviously makes the connections easier. But I have at times used all spades.
If you can get it to work for you, the sonic benefit should be immediately noticeable.
The greatest impediment to advancing an audiophile system is the audiophile.
This would be further down the road if I was to do this...a pair of bi-wires per side in this configuration...a red+ and black-
I would do spades on the amp end, (my Magtech has very beefy binding posts), and bananas on the speaker end...damn Maggie binding posts...
The King III's x-over's have bi-wire/amp binding posts...so 2 bananas for the highs and 2 bananas for the lows...Maggies would be 1 banana positive and 1 banana negative, with any of the .7 models...I would have them, who ever cable company, do factory terminations...safety first...
New DAC and a Music Server, is next on the hit list...
thanks again...
Mark
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