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The long / Narrow room - system configuration

I have always and still do have a longish (23.5 feet) and narrow (12.4 feet) listening room. I have always put my speakers on the short wall with my monoblocks and run a 25 foot long (rca) interconnect in between my amps and my other components which sit away on the long wall down by where I sit to listen. Have most chosen to give up on this type of configuration in order to go with much shorter IC. I would have to move all my FE components which sit on a fairly massive Rix Rax Hoodoo and move them all ( including turntable)
in between my speakers. In most of all your experiences, would what I gain in shortening that 25 foot cable be worth it if I then negatively affect my soundstage with a big ol rack full of my FE components between my speakers.
fjn04
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nsgarch
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Fjn04, it sounds like you're getting there pretty fast! One thing I would recommend after reading your room description is:

To symmetricalize (is that a word?) the acoustics of your room by creating an absorbtive area on the right wall pretty much equal in size and exactly opposite the opening to your dining room on the left. There are so many ways to do it, I'll leave that up to you.
odedia
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I have a room which is 8.7 feet wide (yes, it's NARROW), 16.9 feet long, and 9.8 feet high.

I wonder if I would get any benefits from moving my stereo/theater equipment to this room. It's really narrow. I have goldenear triton two cinema setup in the living room which is rather open and full of concrete on all walls (no drapes or carpets), it's also causing one speaker to be in a corner while the second is wide open on all sides. The wall behind the listener is also half way, opening to a dining room. Pretty bad setup I guess.

On the other hand, the second room is quite narrow. I wonder if the cardas Golden setup would make sense in such a narrow room. I worry about losing the sound stage. The triton twos are also quite large, and are probably meant for bigger rooms than that. I am using an ONkyo 818 + Rega RP3 + emotiva XSP-1+XPA-3 to power the thing.

http://www.cardas.com/room_setup_main.php

Your thoughts are welcomed.
unsound
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I have a very similar room. Unlike many above, I much(!) prefer long wall placement. This does absolutely require absorbent room treatment directly behind the listener.
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