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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
sfcable
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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.

Rich
gdnrbob
4,444 posts
 
I was always told to keep speaker cable length equal or as close to equal between sides as possible, as impedance difference would become an issue. Though, that may have changed.
Bob
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gdnrbob
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I was referring to each pair of speaker wire. Having them significantly unmatched in length is supposed to be a no no.
B
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