Conventional wisdom is to use long interconnects, rather than long speaker cables--the theory being that long runs will do less damage to low signal than high/amplified signal.
I put the theory to use in my 1st house, where the big Vandersteen 4 speakers (each w/integrated dual 12" push-pull sub) was located ~25 ft from the source hardware. As the 200 WPC SS amp for the subs & tube amp for mids/highs were located as close as possible to the Vandies, but off to one side, that meant:
The resulting sound was amazing. Once I heard that, I never thought twice about the wisdom of my cabling.
BTW, it does make sense to make sure your interconnects have relatively low capacitance--as that is one spec that definitely "accumulates" w/greater length. My interconnects qualified, plus I knew they sounded great from previous experience.
I put the theory to use in my 1st house, where the big Vandersteen 4 speakers (each w/integrated dual 12" push-pull sub) was located ~25 ft from the source hardware. As the 200 WPC SS amp for the subs & tube amp for mids/highs were located as close as possible to the Vandies, but off to one side, that meant:
- 2 X 25 ft runs of interconnect
- and ~9 ft. pair of speaker cables
The resulting sound was amazing. Once I heard that, I never thought twice about the wisdom of my cabling.
BTW, it does make sense to make sure your interconnects have relatively low capacitance--as that is one spec that definitely "accumulates" w/greater length. My interconnects qualified, plus I knew they sounded great from previous experience.