Ibid. The best set-up is long interconnects and short speaker cables. Balanced is best, because you do not have as much chance of loosing gain, or gaining noise/interference. Generally, single-ended should be no longer than 8-9 meters. Video cables, especially the infamous s-vhs cable, will suffer noticeably with longer lengths. Component video is much more immune to degradation with length. My component video is about 45 feet, and still looks very good. If you use balanced cables, Canare is very good quality, and they do not pay extraordinary sales commissions or advertising, which makes up much of the cost of the "audiophile cables." There is a person on Audiogon that advertises good quality, custom cables--charles sprague. I have been very happy with his cables, and I have very expensive gear that would show any sub-par interconnects.
