Thanks for all your comments, this is really a great resource! I swear I don't know anyone within a day's drive that can give me an intelligent answer to any audio question so it is nice to have this. I will try to answer a few of your questions regarding my question. Cost is not an issue to the extent that I already have the speaker wire all run in two 35 lengths. I real question is to I hack off 15 feet or not off the long run. It sounds like "no" is the general answer. The wire (to complicate things) is actually 2 wires (I am bi-amping) the 12 gauge goes to the highs and 10 gauge goes to the woofers. So I think I am OK with regards to thickness. At least I am not trying to run everything through 22 gauge zip-cord. The quality is OK with the 10 gauge retailing for $3.50 a foot (Phoneix Gold Reference II High Definition InnerSpace 210 wire, it is twisted with a clear outer jacket) My wife is the accountant at an audio store so we get it at cost, $.84 a foot. How's that for mark-up? I am not going to invest any more than that at this point, I just about dropped dead when I saw what some speaker wire goes for. It seems like audiophiles are in an endless search for definition and when they find it it is too bright. I have actually heard that some people recommend DOWNGRADING your wire for a smoother sound. Going as far as saying that you can get the same warm sound of a tube amp by just running a wire that is a bit too small to your speakers. I guess it can tone down the harshness of a solid-state amp/pre-amp or something.
Back to the subject at hand, I would worry more about running 35 foot lengths of inter-connect than speaker wire. Just not enough force behind the signal at low volumes for all the info to get the amp intact IMHO.
As far as group delay goes do you mean that certain freq. will be delayed down the wire and result in time distortions? I assume you must otherwise equal lengths would solve the problem if all the freq. left the amp and arrived at the speaker at the same time. At what length might this be a problem? And is this more or less of a problem for speaker wire vs interconnects?
Anyway I figure my biggest problem with having my gear on one wall and the speakers on another is having to choose between looking at my speakers and looking at my gear. Plus to make adjustments I need to turn my head and that screws up the sound field making it hard to concentrate. Someday I will have them on the same wall, maybe then I will drop some serious change on wire once it is only 8 feet long.
Thanks!
Joel
Back to the subject at hand, I would worry more about running 35 foot lengths of inter-connect than speaker wire. Just not enough force behind the signal at low volumes for all the info to get the amp intact IMHO.
As far as group delay goes do you mean that certain freq. will be delayed down the wire and result in time distortions? I assume you must otherwise equal lengths would solve the problem if all the freq. left the amp and arrived at the speaker at the same time. At what length might this be a problem? And is this more or less of a problem for speaker wire vs interconnects?
Anyway I figure my biggest problem with having my gear on one wall and the speakers on another is having to choose between looking at my speakers and looking at my gear. Plus to make adjustments I need to turn my head and that screws up the sound field making it hard to concentrate. Someday I will have them on the same wall, maybe then I will drop some serious change on wire once it is only 8 feet long.
Thanks!
Joel