Adding an extra 1ft to premium speaker cables

I don’t think that knowing there is better sounding gear out there, that we can’t or won’t afford, detracts at all from our enjoyment of what we have...

@jl35 

You’re right - just knowing about it does not. But if we found ourselves in a headspace where we want it and we need it and we have to have it, yet we can’t, then it can negatively affect our enjoyment.

I am clearly very far from the point where I might feel that my system won’t be complete without that last amazing accessory. And if I’m being honest, part of the reason I’m posting this is because I don’t want to get there.

I’ve been on the sidelines for sometime just reading comments like this and staying away not making any  contributions in the forum. Have held back up until a couple of weeks ago. Also my writing is not the best so some guy is going to let it be known.  So I join and here I am………

Have not read these comments for days and then get back to it tonight. It’s like I just walked into a bar room with stools flying everywhere along with glass hitting the walls. Some of you guys just get into a bar room fight because they have been slighted. Then the calm cool collective guy jumps in and goes at it too and all the negative comments keep coming. We know who the a******s are. Just let them be. Do not slight them. They’re not leaving the bar so just do the best you can without jumping back again. Suck it up.  Just do not look their way. Enjoy the jukebox.

I think with troll threads like this, people join in for fun/sport as we all know this is not a serious discussion/debate… no opinions will be changed…their are hundreds of identical threads with thousands of responses over decades…

@jl35 that’s right. 

Though I’ve been in the OP’s position before, I agree with others that the best solution would be to sell your present cables and invest that amount in a nice set of cables of the proper length, hook ‘em up, let them cook a bit and call it a day.  That being said, as someone who prefers to do things the hard way, see if the manufacturer of your cables will sell you a single terminated cable of a length double what you need.  Cut it in half, and, splice each half to one end of each of your present cables just short of the termination already there. Preserve as much of the inner goodness as possible, and finish it off by sealing the splice with a proper girdle of heat shrink.  Be sure to slide that heat shrink on before soldering, you don’t want an “Oh Schiit!” moment!  Maybe less expensive would be if the manufacturer has a 3-4’ scrap of unterminated cable they’d sell cheap.  But that would mean 2 splices (and twice the work) on each cable, to preserve the existing terminals.