Cheap bi-wire options

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Well, my indecisiveness (laziness?) continues as I consider inexpensive biwire speaker cable options for my Paradigm Studio 20s (to replace 12 Ga zip cord, biwired, 14 foot runs). Mitch2 provided some great info on using double runs of the 4-wire Canare 4s11 for
this purpose, but now I'm also considering buying double runs of the 2-wire Tara Labs Klara or Omnis, or maybe the Tara 2+2 biwire.
If anybody has any thoughts on these options I'd certainly appreciate it.
General price breakdown is:
Canare 4s11 (< $1.00/ft.)
Tara Klara ($1.00/ft.)
Tara Omni ($1.50/ft.)
Tara 2+2 ($2.95/ft.)
Options:
Canare 4s11
-Single runs of this "4-wire" cable would terminate a single 14 Ga wire to each speaker terminal (single cable biwire)
-Cost: <$30.00
Canare 4s11 (double run)
-Double runs of this "4-wire" cable would terminate two 14 Ga wires to each speaker terminal (double cable biwire)
-Cost: <$60.00
Tara Klara
-Double runs of this "2-wire" cable would terminate a single 14 Ga wire to each speaker terminal (double cable biwire)
-Cost: $60.00
Tara Omni
-Double runs of this "2-wire" cable would terminate a single 14 Ga wire to each speaker terminal (double cable biwire)
-Cost: $90.00
Tara 2+2
-Single runs of this "4-wire" cable would terminate a single 14 Ga wire to each speaker terminal (single cable biwire)
-Cost: $90.00
All of this wire seems to be 14 Ga, stranded copper. Any obvious advantages or disadvantages to any of these configurations? I
guess another possibility would be a single (non-biwired) run of higher end cable (up to $3.00/ft.). Your thoughts and
consideration are appreciated. Thanks.

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Topic - Cheap bi-wire options - ml0062@yahoo.com 10:59:31 04/24/06 (5)

Re: Cheap bi-wire options - niws 19:35:56 05/10/06 (0)

another thought - troporobo 23:17:55 04/24/06 (0)

that's a pretty limited range of options - troporobo 23:01:39 04/24/06 (0)

My experience: bi-wiring sounds better than single wiring. - cheap-Jack 12:12:35 04/24/06 (1)

For discrete bi-wirng... (long) - cheap-Jack 12:00:38 04/26/06 (0)

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