It is reccomemded that in all audio systems whether 2 or multichannel that exact legnths be used all round. That is in a perfect world however and I dont know anyone living there. Can you tell a difference? I doubt it . Not unless you have a very high end system with incredible resolution and time and phase coherency.
Unequal cable lengths for home theater????
I have 7 speakers and a sub in my theater. Each pair of speakers has an equal length pair of speaker cables. I was re-doing some other wires, and I noticed that I could really clean up the rat's nest behind the big-screen TV if I didn't have to worry about equal speaker cable lengths. All of my cables in the theater are home made Canary cable and WBT connectors, so I can easily make changes. Will I be sorry if I do this?????