About speaker cables..


Are speaker cables the shorter the better ??THANKS!!
jitmingl

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Riz1, The preamp to amp IC xtion is at least an order of magnitude lower in voltage and thus more susceptible to EMI/RFI and other anomalies. Therefore keep the ICs short. Shielding is perhaps best left to another thread.

Putting the rack in the corner has worthwhile benefits as noted above [apart from acting as a non-bass trap with attendant resonance problems]. Keep the ICs and spkr cables short and use a low rack, or none at all.

That said, I run a modest 4M balanced pair made by my cable guru with proper attention paid to soldering & termination. Low cost, high rez [riz?] results. The tallish rack is near the corner but pulled out a few feet. The spkrs are well into the room as I am fortunate to have a 25' space to in which to play. Your mileage Will vary. Room treatments anyone?