Shorten my speaker cables?


For years I loved in a home where the only practical place to put all my gear was along a wall,to the side of the speakers. That necessitated a longer run of speaker cable- specifically, for a number of years I've used, quite successfully, Analysis Plus Oval 9's, in a 16 foot run. 

Now I've moved and I my gear is along the front wall between the speakers, so my 16 foot run is more than I need. Been toying with the idea of shorter cables, and wondered if I would hear any benefit in having my 16 foot run cut and reterminated resulting in a 10 foot run plus a spare 6 foot run which I'm sure at some point I would use for something.

The other thought was perhaps to switch speaker cables all together. My balanced ICs are all Acoustic Zen Matrix II and I've heard good things about the AZ satori speaker cables. 
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Showing 1 response by kennythekey

The old rule of thumb, is that given the choice, shorter speaker cables are more critical than shorter interconnects to the amp(s). I am in the same boat, as I've been using the same 12' speaker cables for many years, but l have finally gone to mono block amps and now only need 6'.

When going with shorter speaker cables that are keepers, make sure that your amp(s) is in its final resting place. My last tweak for my current system will be the replacement of most of my cables, so I want to be done with moving gear around.
Kenny