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Your short speaker cable experiences

I'm going to compare my present speaker cables with the shortest runs I can find -- perhaps as short as 2.5 feet from mono block to speaker.

I'm curious if anyone tried comparing their longer speaker cables against short runs of other ones and whether it made a difference or not. 

What changed? Did it cause you to reposition things?

Happy to hear stories. No trolling about "wire is wire," please. 

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mitch2
4,080 posts
 

I hear no difference between 1M and 2.5M of the same cables.

golfnutz
231 posts
 

With each amp behind each speaker, 16" speaker cables (no connector on speaker side), was zero difference to a pair of 20' cable (with connectors on speaker side).

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music_is_life
188 posts
 

Not exactly apples for apples. For your consideration.

 

 

 

 

ghdprentice
7,255 posts
 

My dealer has told me one of the big changers you can make to benefit your system is to put your mono blocks right next to your speakers and run a really short speaker cable… it tremendously improves the speed and accuracy of the speakers. I know this guy really well and have for 20 years. He installs really high end systems all the time. I take what he says as gospel. But you have to do the shortest possible… think a foot or foot and a half.

 

I have monoblocks right now… unfortunately they are on loan and I don’t have any really short speaker cables. Or I would try it.

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hilde45 OP
5,047 posts
 

Very nice replies, folks. Keep em' coming. I'm going to experiment with 3ft soon (vs. 8 feet). 

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