Speaker cable length

@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.

@simao I believe you are approaching this the right way. You purchased a quality speaker cable (inexpensive as well) and have positioned yourself to try both system arrangements. I predict you will like the soundstage benefit the rack by your side arrangement will provide.