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Coiling excess Speaker cable, is this a problem?

Hello!

I have a question that maybe you could help me with. I have been told that you should keep the lengths of speaker wire the same to each speaker. As a result, I have 2 (BiWired) cables going to each speaker, due to my system set-up, I have about 8' of two cables neatly coiled up next to my system rack. Though I am not detecting any sound reproduction artifacts, are there any potential deleterious problems I may not be aware of? I did take a photograph of this but I could not figure out how to paste it here.

Thanks for your help!  
grm
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almarg
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Kijanki is correct. Contrary to what many audiophiles believe coiling speaker cables is unlikely to have any adverse effects, assuming the cables are such that the + and - conductors in each run are bundled together as opposed to being physically separate.

Regards,
-- Al

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Thank you Al.  I just tried to explain why, knowing it is against common belief.   



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grm OP
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Hello everybody and thanks for the responses!

I am quite new to this hobby and am enjoying it immensely! I especially like Audiogon Forums where I can pose questions and leverage the significant knowledge of others. As far as people being rude, I have run into this a few times, I don't get it and simply ignore them.

I think for now, unless I can come up with something, the coiling of the cables does not seem to be causing an audible issue as some posts have suggested it would not.

Again, thanks to all!
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