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Single vs Bi-wire Speaker Cable

I'm going to purchase some AQ speaker cables, and am considering bi-wired AQ Robin Hood Zero vs full range William Tell Zero (with quality jumpers). The bi-wired RH is about $500 more expensive than the full range WT, but on a comparable basis, WT is the more expensive cable. Any thoughts on sound quality between the options I described above would be greatly appreciated.

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fastfreight
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I started with a good pair of speaker cables and matching jumpers. (K-S Elation).  Then I swapped out the jumpers for another pair of Elation cables.  
Sounded better.  This is apples to apples, not comparing a good cable with matching jumpers to two lower quality cables.  Start with the best cables you can afford with matching jumpers for sure.  You can always try adding the second pair later.   And I do feel keeping with the same cable brand and model if possible.

fastfreight
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What I have learned is that it is actually the midrange that deserves the main cable.  Now in almost all applications this means wire to the highs first, if you consider them high and low.

In a true three way speaker it is wiring to the "mid and highs' first then jumper to the lows.

In my system I  believe two identical wires of good quality are superior to one good cable and jumpers.

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