I just put my hand up in the air and give up.
Amen on that.
I just put my hand up in the air and give up.
you should unzip the 2 pairs. .then do a quad braid. This will equalize the reactive inductances and balance the harmonic loading between the positive signal and ground.
I don't ergo the "I think" part of what I said. There are quite a few speaker cables out there that use a multi braided wire so, I would "guess" in your opinion these would also suffer from harmonic loading.? Just curious of your opinion. Also if the OP twist the cables together do you believe that would eliminate the issue of uneven capacitance?toxcrusadr and Tim64: How do either of you know if what I said makes sense or nonsense?
Lowering the impedance of your wire is ALLWISE better it may or may not makes difference to your system depending on everything, but the simple answer is in this case “bigger is better”
I am sorry that efzauner hijacked your thread with a bunch of nonsense that I was trying to make him back up with examples. Evidently his purpose was to just stir the pot. Anyone who read his last post before it got deleted is him admitting to doing just that. A couple lines before I called him out not so nicely and it also got deleted. This kind of trolling is not in the spirit of AK and I hope efzauner gets suspended for a few days or just goes away I put him on ignore myself. Keep experimenting and have fun all.Two sections of speaker wire from one amp output to one speaker input. Two runs of wire that terminate to a single end at each end.
Anyone do this?
I have lots of 14 gauge and my binding posts will easily accept TWO 14 gauge cables twisted together to a single termination point.
The two 14 gauge cables twisted together would be the equivalent of what, a single 10 gauge?
Anyhow, what are your thoughts?
Worthwhile? Pointless?
It looks to me that bi-wiring is just moving the jumpers from the speaker posts to the amp/receiver end.
I think the OP was asking about running 2 Sets off 2 different posts, tied to a single set of binding posts on the actual speakers. A little different.
That is exactly like leaving the bridge in place, All you have done is replace it with a really long bridge. To take advantage of bi-wiring, you need an active crossover and two amps.
To the op, are you asking about running cables from "speaker output A, and speaker output B,to one pair of speakers?
If this is what you are asking,my thinking is you'll be putting undue stress on your amp. If I under stand this correctly,your amp will see the load cut in half. 8ohm speaker will be seen as 4ohm. This could possibly cause some problems with the amp when you start to push the volume.
So this isn't like when a stereo amp is bridged?
So this isn't like when a stereo amp is bridged?