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Setup Speakers Along Long Wall?

Just moved into new house and was gifted by my wife a 121/2’x23’ room with 7’-101/2’ sloping ceilings. I’ve been putting together a system, which so far consists of Technics 1200G/Hana ML, Sutherland 20/20 LPS, Audioquest interconnect/speaker cables, i7Roon Core NUC, iFi Zen Streamer and Shunata power cables and conditioner.

Unfortunately, every turntable position other than against the wall 7’ in front of speakers results in horrible cartridge bass/room interaction. Against the wall either requires 15’ speaker cables, or a balanced phono preamp and 12’ balanced interconnects.

So, here is my two part question. Better long interconnects, or speaker cables?

Second question. What downside is there to placing my listening position against the long wall? Currently, 7’ from short wall.

vonhelmholtz
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yogiboy
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Using 15 feet of speaker cables is no big deal as long as the cables are a thick gauge. I don’t think that you would need a balanced phono preamp and IC’s if you decide to go that route. I don’t see any problem using the speakers on the long wall as long as they sound good. Set it up first before you change anything. The only cable that should be short is the one that goes from the TT to the phono preamp!

ghdprentice
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You definitely want the TT to Phonostage short. Secondly it is good to keep the speaker cables short. A very common solution is to place the amps close to the speakers and move the rest of the equipment to the side to keep it from interfering with the speakers imaging. 15’ is not to far for single ended interconnects. But if it allows you to get a better preamp…we’ll, better is always better.

What does your venue look like? Speakers? If you put photos of what you have so far under your UserID it would be helpful in allowing us to envision your space.

terry9
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I'm running an ESL system, long wall, in a 7' x 10' x 24' room. Tried to make it work the other way, but speakers on the long wall just seem to sound better.

Agreed that cartridge to phono stage is the important cable. Really, I can't tell the difference between ultra-short speaker cables on the right and 10 footers on the left.

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