Adding an extra 1ft to premium speaker cables

@rankaudio.

Thanks for the assistance everyone. So here's the real moral of the story. How could any high quality speaker cable at any price maintain its integrity unless it were connected directly to the internal crossover or source? Almost every speaker is going to have an additional foot of internal cable or wire connecting the crossover to the internal speaker terminals that the end-user doesn't see.

My Raidho td1.2 uses Nordost cables for all of their internal wiring. You made the assumption that the internal cable is the weak link. That’s not necessarily true. Some manufacturers pay a lot of attention to the crossover components and wiring.  It’s kind of unfair to put everyone in the same basket. 

@rankaudio Interesting perspective.
 

There are numerous audio companies recommending use of high quality cables and a market that has existed for decades.  I’m not sure if you’re philosophical question will impact the experience and decision of others.

spenav and overthemoon, I agree with you both. No doubt there are speakers with good internal wiring. Could be the opposite situation in some cases like you’re indicating. I’m just merely pointing out whether or not the cables can remain faithful for either case if there’s two different cables. Thank you for sharing.

Years ago, like before the late 70’s, almost everyone used zip cord. Stereo stores, speaker manufacturers, consumers, pro audio installers. It was that or Belden 5000 series. Monster came out in the late 70’s with their large gauge multi-core speaker wire and convinced people that you had to have a cable that had a small gauge conductor set in the center and a larger gauge conductor set wrapped around it, to steer the frequencies through the proper wires so the sound was better. By the early 80s OFC speaker cable became the rage (it too came on rolls). And many years later came the super cables, but usually for the audiophile because they were way too expensive to be used by the consumer or pro who stuck with the same old wires. 

And still today it’s still the same at the non-audiophile level, although a lot of pro situations are now using 10g. For the most part the speaker manufacturers (JBL, Wharfdale, Infinity, Klipsch, Altec-Landing, etc. etc.) are still using the same 12-14ga something in their speakers that they always have used.  

So, will a 1ft piece of non-audiophile speaker wire hurt your listening experience?  Unless you’re using bell wire, or something with a gauge smaller than the rest of the wire, probably not: there won’t be enough resistance or capcitance add to make a difference.