Cables for biwiring


In a foreign language forum (very technically oriented) a guy mentionned that a better solution for biwiring is to use different kind of cables for biwiring - thicker for the bass module and thinner for the mids and the highs. The reason is the different way the signal moves through the wires depending on its specifications. Theoretically I can see some logic behind this - many agree that in biamping mode a better solution is to use SS for the bass and valves for the mids and the highs. Why should we disagree that a specific approach to the wires may also be reasonable. Beeing convinced that the A-gon community is the ultimate audiophile gathering in the Net, I would like you, guys, to give your opinion.
nikmilkov

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Why should we disagree that a specific approach to the wires may also be reasonable.
From a technical standpoint, I see nothing unreasonable about this approach. However, I also see nothing unreasonable about a great many other possible approaches. Many of which I would expect to produce somewhat different results, but in ways that are speaker and amplifier dependent, and that have little predictability.
The reason is the different way the signal moves through the wires depending on its specifications.
In technical terms, I have no idea what this means. Not sure that the person who made the statement does either.

Regards,
-- Al
Nik, thanks for providing the additional background. Pet theories abound for the claimed superiority of different approaches to cable design and configuration. Most of them lack one basic thing: Analysis and/or experimental evidence establishing that the effect(s) that are emphasized as being important are QUANTITATIVELY significant.

In this case, given that the signal frequencies being conducted through the mid/hi connections of a biwire arrangement propagate through wires at speeds that, roughly speaking, are on the order of 100,000 miles per second (and even relatively slow propagating deep bass frequencies propagate at thousands of miles per second), I am doubtful (to say the least) that the audible significance of the claimed effect can be established in a quantitative manner.

Regards,
-- Al