3 foot speaker cables, Red Dragon 500 WPC Class D amps to Revel Sub-15s

Douglas,

the 3 ft Maestros from Straightwire are hooked up between the amps and the subs and they are absolutely stunning...hats off to Jerry at Straightwire for giving me the recommendation, a really good price and quick delivery.  I’m struggling now with a dCS UClock/MAC OS compatibility issue, but that’s a different story.  New thread under digital forum here if you are interested.

slainte,

Mitch

Yes, likely very nice. :) 

Thanks for the input; I have a 3 foot pair of Straightwire Maestros headed my way...should be thunderous with the Class D amps and Virtuoso R XLR interconnects.

In comparisons between short 1m and longer 3m speaker cables of the same brand the shorter cables were superior. I tested this out with several amps/speakers over the years and the results were unequivocal; shorter speaker cables are better. However, in most applications they are not practical. It is advantageous if you can use shorter speaker cables. 

I strongly suggest that quality speaker cables for all runs, regardless of length, are necessary to achieve best sound quality. I constantly set up different systems with various cables to subwoofers, and the quality of the LF changes dramatically with cabling used to them. Subwoofers also vary substantially in sound quality due to choice (if offered on the sub) between line level and speaker level inputs. As might be expected, line level input cable quality also impacts performance.  YMMV 

As Duke said, use hookup wire. Save your money for where it will make a difference. I did compare anyway of course and sure enough, no difference. So I use ordinary speaker wire. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367 Save your money for where it will make a difference.