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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?
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sugarbrie
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Many Single Bi-wire cables use different gauges and composition for the highs and lows. Also, quite a few folks do this with Kimber 4(xx) and 8(xx).
sugarbrie
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The ulimate is on some YBA amplifiers. They have separate binding posts for biwire. On most amplifiers that do this, the signal is the same on both binding posts; it is just a convenience thing. On the YBA the signal for the mids / highs is more liquidy / lush, and the bass is "normal". If you don't like the extra lush highs, you just connect both highs and lows to the normal binding post, which is still outstanding.
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