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Running 2 dedicated lines in my dedicated room

Hi guys need your opinion on this, im running 2 20A dedicated lines for my audio room. The pathway for these 2 lines are the same from the subpanel to my room but it differs once they are running over the ceiling in my room. The cables are resting on the bracings of my ceiling which will then be covered. 
One outlet will be placed over the left corner  and the other will be at the right corner of my front wall. Since they follow a different pathway in my room there's some discrepancy in length to the outlet for both lines.
My worry is will this be an issue due to the difference in cable length especially with the grounding cable? I did a measurement and the discrepency between both the cable length will be around 4.5-5ft. I'm not sure if that amount of difference will cause any issues.
Please do advise would love to hear your opinions. I have not covered the ceiling yet so I'm able to reroute them.
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mitch2
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I have three opinions about your post,
First, to your comment,
The cables are resting on the bracings of my ceiling which will then be covered.
I am not an electrician, and hopefully somebody here that is can weigh in, but I believe electrical cables (i.e., Romex) is required to be fastened to the floor joists and not "resting" on anything.  Hopefully, an electrician performed the work, and your comment above is simply a figure of speech.  If not, I suggest an electrician look at things before you cover up the area with a ceiling.
Second, to the length discrepancy,
I believe you are reading too many audio forums :-)
Third,
With two dedicated 20A lines, you will be further along than most here so don't sweat the length difference .   My only suggestion on this issue would be to consider whether you would ever need three dedicated lines before you put the ceiling in. 
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