35 and 40 ft runs-Balanced will be expensive


Want to reposition my stereo on opposite wall and go up and down walls.Have balanced option between pre and amp but can't think of anything reasonably priced for such a long run so may just stick with cheap 14 ga speaker cables.Shame as while I am a cable skeptic I have a set of 8ft Monster 2.2 that went for $800.Right now I am using MIT 330 balanced but it's one meter.So stick with cheap long speaker runs or plonk down on maybe Kimber etc.The rest of rig ain't shabby equipment.Mac pre,Mesa Baron,$6500 Ehodin speakers.It's just I gotta live in this room as well as play HiFi.Thought about putting rig between speakers but ruins imaging.Thoughts?Cheap thoughts?
chazzbo
Canare Star-Quad Microphone cables with Neutrik brand connectors work very well for long balanced runs and are not hugely expensive (probably a couple of hundred). A studio I was using upgraded to these cables for their long runs when they went to 24 bit. They work very well. That said, I personally have a single ended setup and use 25 foot runs of Analysis Plus speaker wire with very good results.
The first recommendation to go to the music store for the balanced cables came from Coda - the same people who design and build the Innersound amps.
Waited a while to see how many posts.Thanks for the pheedback I might go the pro route and see what happens for less than $200.Thanks again.
"Just because a studio or pro uses something, that does not make it "good". "

A properly designed truly balanced preamp to a properly designed truly balanced power amp's sound is not affected by a properly built balanced cable. You do not need to spend thousands of dollars on a balanced cable, if the preamp and amp are both designed to the balanced specifications, as is the cable. In fact, if everything is properly designed (this does not mean expensive), then you will hear no difference between the $200 balanced cable and the $20,000 balanced cable as the whole technical design of properly building truly balanced systems and cables totally negates any "sound" that a cable can impart on the sign. This is just the design of properly balanced system.

That being said, most amps and preamps that are reported as balanced do not follow the correct technical protocol and therefore can be affected by cables.