Reterminating Nordost- worth it?


I have some Nordost Red Dawn II biwire interconnects, or whatever you call it when you have 2 z connectors on the amp end and 4 on the speakers end. Anyway, given my latest speakers are not biwireable, would it be worth it to reterminate the speaker end? Who would do such a thing?
I am thinking that if I do this I will now have two parallel strips of wire per channel which may not be what was intended originally. Of couse with these wires you have like 18 thin parallel strands anyway so maybe no big deal? or not? Does anyone know if it would be different or the same or have any recommendations?
south_park

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The easiest thing to do if you have a five way binding post in your speaker is the following:

Unscrew the post sufficiently to exposure the hole through the center of the post. Insert one of the z-plugs in this hole (they will fit) Then screw the post back down so that it is snug over that z-plug. Then insert the other z-plug into the hole hole atop the post.

This works just fine and is perfectly acceptable to do with z-plugs. It is better than using another connector to double up because those tend to degrade the signal and/or add capacitance. The nice thing about z-plugs vs. banans is that they can fit in both holes of a five way binding post...