" ...I shotgun my cables and use option 1 like Al suggests. I have always done it this way...."
I bought OEM shot gunned Nordost Freys this way: e.g. both "+"s rolled together and terminated with a single spade. I would not step out of this configuration IMO.
I can appreciate the wish to add greater weight to the woofer via a thicker diameter cable.
In my prior system, I followed the Atlas Cable (and dealer) recommended approach of matched cables but of differing thickness: a 3.5mm diameter thickness speaker cable to the woofer ("LF") but only a 2 mm diameter thickness to the tweeter("HF").
What I did find next is that this "staggered thickness approach" worked best in a full bi-amped system as an upgrade to the classical 2-to-4 bi-wire kit approach from a single integrated amp.
LFD cables also have this "staggered thickness approach " in their hybrid line of speaker cables. I believe that they take it further with not only different gauge wire (LF vs HF) but also a varied material construction between the two.
I bought OEM shot gunned Nordost Freys this way: e.g. both "+"s rolled together and terminated with a single spade. I would not step out of this configuration IMO.
I can appreciate the wish to add greater weight to the woofer via a thicker diameter cable.
In my prior system, I followed the Atlas Cable (and dealer) recommended approach of matched cables but of differing thickness: a 3.5mm diameter thickness speaker cable to the woofer ("LF") but only a 2 mm diameter thickness to the tweeter("HF").
What I did find next is that this "staggered thickness approach" worked best in a full bi-amped system as an upgrade to the classical 2-to-4 bi-wire kit approach from a single integrated amp.
LFD cables also have this "staggered thickness approach " in their hybrid line of speaker cables. I believe that they take it further with not only different gauge wire (LF vs HF) but also a varied material construction between the two.