Does anyone know why or even how a speaker cable can be direction specific?
I wanted to use my Onkyo 805 Bi-amped for stereo listening, but didn't fancy going out and buying more speaker cable. Luckilly I had far too much Chord Rumour2, so chopped it in half and hooked it up. The highs sounded great, but the base was kind of muddied and slightly flat. I switched the direction of the LF cable (originally I wanted all the banana plugs at the amp end, bare cable where it was cut in the middle at the speaker end, so both LF cables were the wrong way round) and now it sounds fantastic.
Anyone know why?
(I know its an AV amp, but thought you Hifi guys would be better to ask )
I wanted to use my Onkyo 805 Bi-amped for stereo listening, but didn't fancy going out and buying more speaker cable. Luckilly I had far too much Chord Rumour2, so chopped it in half and hooked it up. The highs sounded great, but the base was kind of muddied and slightly flat. I switched the direction of the LF cable (originally I wanted all the banana plugs at the amp end, bare cable where it was cut in the middle at the speaker end, so both LF cables were the wrong way round) and now it sounds fantastic.
Anyone know why?
(I know its an AV amp, but thought you Hifi guys would be better to ask )