Maybe it’s just me not being able to get around the idea of using a shield as a loudspeaker cable. It just seems to compress things in my system and causes me to increase the volume. I have better luck using Belden’s Brilliance line of cables for my loudspeakers, again YMMV. My system is also bi-amped and I've only tried the cross connect cables on my top MTM loudspeakers, never for my bass cabs.