Bi-wire speakers and bi-wire cables?


My speakers are bi-wired right now with some Audioquest rocket 33’s. So the jumpers are off the back of the speakers. 
I want to still use my current speaker cables but can I just connect the jumpers and still use all four of the Audioquest speaker ends in all four of the high/low binding posts of the speaker?
The reason I’m asking is I want to see if I hear a difference with bi-wiring and not bi-wiring without messing up the speakers?
todd1010

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You can but it defeats the purpose of the experiment.  

Assuming that your speaker wires are of adequate gauge to begin with there is no advantage in bi wiring. 
Bass generally requires more current which requires thicker wire. It is actually better to run one low gauge wire than two higher gauge wires in regards to bass performance especially if you have low impedance speakers. The other way to deal with this is to use very short speaker wires. One three foot  wire is much better than two six foot wires. This is the advantage of using mono amps placed right behind the speakers.
The longer the wire the lower the gauge you need to use.
The best is short wires of low gauge. Bi wiring need not apply. 
In cases where the system has subwoofers a higher gauge for the satellites is satisfactory.