if I don't like them I'll at least know it's not the wire
Ah, Wolf, don't be hasty. Haven't you been paying attention? It may indeed be the wire. Not all manufacturers are savvy enough to orient their internal wire in the correct direction. Wire is directional because it is produced by pulling through dies (I learned that here from a leading scientist). If you do not like the sound of your new speakers, the verification process would be to reorient each wire individually until you determine which orientation sounds best. Otherwise, how will you know you have truly heard what your speakers are capable of. I have no doubt that completing the Reorientation of Internal-wiring Process for Optimizing Frequency and Fundamentals, or RIP-OFF for short, will give you an entirely new appreciation of the value of information to be learned on audio threads.