I have used 4 and 15 feet of the same speaker cable and it did not make a difference in my system!!
Your short speaker cable experiences
I'm going to compare my present speaker cables with the shortest runs I can find -- perhaps as short as 2.5 feet from mono block to speaker.
I'm curious if anyone tried comparing their longer speaker cables against short runs of other ones and whether it made a difference or not.
What changed? Did it cause you to reposition things?
Happy to hear stories. No trolling about "wire is wire," please.
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Now would be a good time to experiment with bulk small gauge solid core copper wire for a pittance, as you would be using short runs (throw stranded wire into the mix as well, but up the gauge a bit). If 26 gauge scares you (my 47 Labs OTA is 26) try 22 gauge... I've used the OTA succesfully with more contemporary/normal amps/speakers than those listed in my system (Carver MXR130/Musical Fidelity X-A1/Pilot 232/240 - Magnepan SMGA's/Reynaud Twins II/ADS L880/Klipsch Chorus II, just to name some). I've only tried the OTA in short runs (approx. 2') with my current system and did not notice a difference, but only tried it for a few days as I was concerned about our cats being able to access the Bottlehead tube DH/SET 2A3 mono blocks and their high voltages (the BH tube preamp less so). I would suggest using bare ends, sans connectors, if you consider doing so. Also once tried the OTA in long runs 25'-30', or so, and it sucked - so this type of cable definitely has it's limits.
DeKay
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I believe that the general audiophile sonics convention is to have short speaker cables and thus longer interconnects vs vice-versa. However, I plan to do the opposite since I already have 8ft speaker cables, no room to put amp between speakers, and to save $ on my shorter pre-amp>interconnect>amp cable. |
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