Shorter or longer ICs?


I have a pair of monoblocks and was wonderng whether it is sonically better to have the amps next to the speakers with longer interconnects from the pre or closer to the pre, but with longer speaker cables to the speakers? Thanks.

- Doc
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Long ICs - 2V and 30 mA of current goes thru them.
Short speaker cables, much more current thru them, therefore the losses are bigger if runned long.
That's one of the reasons for having monos in the first place.
TFK,
In normal listening levels, no problems occur.Or should i say, none of us (me and few friends) never noticed any problem with it.If there is such problem measurable, it is beyond me.
Me & my friend run only 40 cm of Nordost Valhalla from 300B SET monos to speakers.
If you exeprience such problem, please let me know.
I guess you can also fix it with proper isolation cones under both, the speaker and monos.