Sean, I think you're onto something there. When I used nordost red dawn on the newform ribbons it was too much. I think the speed of the ribbons worked against the speed of the cable resulting in extremely zippy notes with little body...I run the acoustic zen satori full range with mapleshade ribbon jumpers. This seems to give the right speed to both the ribbons and cone bass drivers. Interestingly, the virtual dynamics Audition power cord on the amp seems to add a "coherence and correctness to the sound. Is this a result of correct phasing? Or correct velocity? What artifacts have been removed? The point is that if it sounds great single wired, you can listen both ways to see what the cabeling is adding or subtratcing and as Sean says, go with what sounds best. It is possible that dis-similar cables on hybrid speakers can be promblematic.
dis-similar bicables? Why not?
I've been using NBS Statement speaker cables, but they are not bicables. (between a Pass amp and Revel Studios) Of course the speakers are setup to allow biwiring (and its recommended by Revel). I didn't want to spend another $3K to bicable, so decided to try using some Tara Labs Decades for the bass. I felt the bass is not as important, and removing the bass from the treble cabling might be beneficial. Results: I think it sounds better. I think the highs are a little more detailed. I'll listen for a wekk or two and then go back to listen again. Anyone out there try this?