Benefits and Drawbacks to Shotgun Speaker Cables

Sean I think you've got it. Shotgun configuration is simply two wires that end with one termination. So for my Red terminal on my right speaker I have ONE run of Shotgunned cables and the same for the black. So I have 4 cables per speaker. I've noticed a HUGE difference in sound quality. I'm not talking a bit here... My system has jumped on to the resolution bandwagon :)

Garfish, I think you're a little confused about 'Shotgun' because this method of cabling actually doubles the cost because you've got double the cable for each run. And there's no Bi-wiring/Bi-amping going on in my system.

Here is a link to a single run of Biwire Shotgun speaker cables. With this cable you would have 8 cables per speaker! I have a similar cable but it is not bi-wired. So it is 2 cables per red and 2 cables per black on each side, each ending in separate WBT banana terminations.

http://www.virtualdynamics.ca/referencespeakerlarge.jpg

Hey Sean, I've had the opposite happen here. More high freq information for sure. I've had many veils lifted after only the first day of break-in. Bass sounds quite different. Overall the soundstage is much larger (especially in the Y axis). The speakers seem to have a much easier time reproducing images very deep in the soundstage.

Hey Guys

I uploaded a sketch of what I've got right now that I refer to as Shotgun

www.teachandtravel.com/shotgun.jpg

There are 2 cables per terminal, so 4 per speaker.

I think everybody has a different definition of what Shotgun, Bi-wiring, true Bi-wiring etc...

I'm thinking about getting these "Shotgun" speaker cables Cryogenically treated.. Won't that be fun??