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one short and one long speaker cable work?

moving! new equipment arrangement requires one 2 meter speaker cable and one 6 meter cable. I have acquired a pair of AudioQuest Aspen speaker cables 19' each. should I chop one off where I need it and attach the other at 19'??
pfrank12
erik_squires
16,042 posts
 
If they're worth anything, no, keep the cable length the same.

But in terms of electrical theory, it's hard to imagine a 14 ga or larger speaker cable sounding very different at 6 or 2 meters. 
sfcable
19 posts
 
Yes you can use RJ45 cable extenders: 
I was afraid they'll introduce noise and hence reduce speed in our LAN but finally there was no perceptible difference.


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rar1
1,769 posts
 
Yes, you are fine.  The only thing unequal length cable affects may be resale value.

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