Does anyone play two pairs of speakers at the same time?

Doug, thank you so much for your compliments, insight and positive feedback.  I was worried I’d receive the equivalent of an (audiophile) public stoning!  

Yes, I’ve upgraded to acoustic Zen’s Gargantuan power cords.  They did make a big difference. ( Mr. Lee let me demo them first and once installed their effect on the sound was obvious, otherwise I would have returned them).  I appreciate all of your suggestions and will continue to experiment.

I did look at your many incredible systems and I am floored!  And I thought I was fortunate!  If only you lived in Upstate New York, I ‘m certain we could be best of friends.  

Thank you again.

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Oh Oh, folks coming out of the woodworks with their fond memories, before they became full fledged audiophiles...

Years ago, many systems had an A B speaker choice. It seems that faded ( no pun) with the times, but not for me. 

I have stayed with two sets of speakers for the fronts and find it  flexible based on recording and music types. Volume levels too.

My system:

• Oppo 105
• Parasound P7 preamp
• 3 Hafler 9500 amps
• JBL 250 Ti
• Tekton Pendragons’
• 2 DD 15 subs

    The secret sauce here is the P7. When switched to the surround mode (actually stereo) it is wired to deliver to the two sets in the front ( JBL and Tektons) . Using the remote - front to back fade, you can send more or less volume to each set of fronts. 

It gives a choice to the amount of influence each set provides, but almost always the setting is close to split for best sound. As you raise volume, or have older rock playing, the JBL’s win out. Bass is tighter with the Pendragons with more live sound.

Sound is much better when speakers are combined usually.

It seems to work for me.

What a stupid idea to use two dissimilar speakers together at the same time! Goodbye coherence!

Siegfried Linkwitz designed the Watson SEL to support the Orion.
I've found that they also work very well with the Pluto and LX Mini. www.linkwitzlab.com