Bi Wiring for speakers question


I've done some research on bi wiring speakers and have noted that some people are apparently using a speaker cable with 4 banana connectors on one end but only 2 on the other end.  I'm guessing that the side with 2 banana's is connected to the Amp or Receiver and the side with 4 to the speakers.

Anyone tried this and does it work as well as using 4 connectors on each side?  Seems to me that using all four speaker outputs on the amp is the right way to do it but if it will work with just one pair of speaker outputs then who am I to judge?
will62

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@will62   Use spades if you can.  Once again gdnrbob is exactly right.  You can really secure spades to the binding posts.  If there is any tension placed on your cables it can exert pressure on bananas to pull out of the binding post.
+1 @elizabeth   Richard Vandersteen, one of the foremost proponents of "true biwiring", will always implore owners of his speakers to run two separate cables of same geometry.  His read on this topic is that you cannot reap all of biwiring benefits if both cable runs are within the same jacket (too much interaction between different strands of cable.
@will62  Never run different brands or cable topologies when biwiring.  You want the same cables for both biwire runs.  If not you risk defeating one of the primary objectives of a biwire designed speaker...that of optimizing the function the speaker's crossover network by presenting the music signal to both parts of the crossover in concert.
@curiousjim  If you read this entire thread I think you'll know what you need to know.
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How exactly did you wire up your speakers?  Does your amplifier have one or two sets of binding posts?