Speaker cable length with monoblock amps?

If you position a monoblock amp close to your speaker (say within a foot of the speaker.) Would the shortest length cable, say 2' be the way to go?

markj94110-17-2017 4:04pm

geoffkait Details Discussions Posts This discussion 23,365 posts 10-18-2017 at 12:43pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Help me out. Wasn't it Bob Crump of TG Audio who said 5 feet or thereabouts was the optimum cable length for speakers?
mitch2 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,084 posts 10-18-2017 at 01:03pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Ok, maybe, so what is your point?
stereo5 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 6,464 posts 10-18-2017 at 01:54pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I have been running my system in different incarnations for 20 years and the one constant was my 22 foot long pair of speaker cables. Both the speaker manufacturer and amp manufacturer told me there was "no problem" with the lengths of wire.
geoffkait Details Discussions Posts This discussion 23,365 posts 10-18-2017 at 01:55pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete mitch2 Ok, maybe, so what is your point? >>>>>>Shirley, you jest. Shall I draw you a picture? 🖍
randy-11 Details Discussions Posts This discussion 1,913 posts 10-18-2017 at 07:59pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The idea that speaker cables have to be a certain minimum length strikes me as an audiophile myth too - it likely arises because people who do not understand physics have confused cables with extremely high freq. waveguides used in microwave, radar, etc. just like 'skin effect' another red herring