Speaker cable length

I can't agree with the "length makes no difference" crowd.

I'll give you that using one 6-ft. cable and one 12-ft. cable wouldn't be problematic.

But what if the cable length is 1,000 ft.?  Extreme example, but to maintain it still doesn't matter would be be ridiculous.  Obviously speaker cable length makes a difference.  The question is how much?

If my system layout allowed it, I would use equal speaker cable lengths (which I do).  We can't pretend to be able to recognize minor differences, but why not avoid them if we can?

@oldhvymec,

I believe you but I have a 15 foot and 18 foot 4s11 cable in my office system with a Mac MA6600 integrated driving either GE Triton One speakers or JBL L100 Classic speakers. Running a mono signal through them told me there is no difference. Perhaps if the cable was like 50 feet, perhaps I would hear a difference then.

I will say those JBL speakers are breaking in nicely with them playing for 6 weeks. I believe there are about 300 hours on them now and 150 hours on the longer Canare cable.

The point the OP made about not using monoblocks is not a failure of those who are suggesting minimum-length speaker cables.  It is a shortcoming in his system.  We can't be expected to fix his problems.  

@bpoletti  dude, I got so many problems that monoblocks would be the least of my therapy. Besides, to find a set of monoblocks in the preamp that would give me what my line magnetic gives me for even a comparable price is ridiculous. I would much rather spend that money on music

It’s much better to have the speaker cables the same length and as short as possible. I have 6 meter balanced interconnects driving pairs of monoblock Linn Solos which sit just beside my B&W 800 D3s abd the difference to the previous “traditional” set-up is unbelievable.