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Using biwired cables on speakers with only 2 connections

I generally have bought biwire speaker cables in the past, and now I have speakers that can't be bi wired.

Is there any problem if I only use two of the four wires and just Cover the other two wires so they don't touch each other. I hate the fact that I bought really expensive speaker cables and now I have this issue.

Do I use the high pass or the low pass LR pair?  Which have been marked this way so I trust there was actually a reason for them doing this and not just cosmetic

Will this impair sonic performance ?

emergingsoul

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emergingsoul OP
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Unfortunately I have banana plugs, so I can't really combine connections to one binding post. Maybe I could cut off the banana plugs and have a raw wire and connect that along with a banana plug connection.

Alternatively, since my amplifier has a 4 and 8 ohm Port, I could reverse the cable and biwre the amplifier Side. Wonder if this makes sense

emergingsoul OP
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@califortini 

I cut out the edge of a box and slid the end of the cable inside the corrugated piece and then just put some electrical tape over it to protect the connection.

So basically one side is connected and one side isn't and according to the cable manufacturer, transparent, it shouldnt matter.  But I tend to think cutting the gauge effectively in half is not a good thing.  

when You have really expensive cables it's kind of hard to sacrifice the biwire end. And also when you biamp, it's twice as many cables.  It's not a perfect world.

Don't really hear any difference it would be nice if I had the full gauge of the cable available.

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