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Long interconnect or short Speaker Cables

I have a question regarding length of IC and Speaker Cable

My scenario is I have a pre amp and a pair of monoblocks the speakers are about 12’ and 18’ respectively from the monoblocks.

Now the monoblocks are 2' from the pre amp with an 16’ and 18’ run of signal cable shotgun speaker wire.

Would it be better to place the Monoblocks next to the speakers and use a long IC run and a short speaker run?
What would the advantages and disadvantages be beside cost?
Are ICs more prone to pick up noise?
Will it change the characteristics of the sound?
And is there a budget IC that I should consider?

I say budget as 18-20’ is gonna be rather expensive in IC cables if I do go that route.

Also as one speaker is further away than the other about 6’ should I use the same length cable run for both or can I use one 18’ and one 12’ run

Thanks for any advice
punkuk
clio09
3,353 posts
 
Not only are the A-C Zobels free, they will integrate them into the cable for you, which is what they did on my MI-2.
jack_dotson
210 posts
 
They included them with my MI-2's and I didn't use them at first and had no problems. After reading of "potential" problems I intserted them just to be safe and they have absolutely no effect on the sound. With these jumpers high capacitance is a non issue.

BTW, I bought this cable after numerous recommendations and couldn't be happier. It really is a great cable.
clio09
3,353 posts
 
I did read with interest the review discussing the Zobels as posted by Sdcampbell. I just have to wonder if it truly is accurate and even if it were if I can hear the difference. I'm not an engineer, but I have to think the people at A-C know what they're doing considering how good this cable sounds in my system. Perhaps Sean can chime in on the subject as he steered me towards these cables and has more of an understanding on the technical side of this than I do.

BTW - I ordered a 2m pair of A-C Triode Quartz Silver with the pure silver RCAs to try out. I needed a longer pair of ICs to reach another amp I want to put in my system so I thought these might work nicely since I really am a fan of short ICs and longer speaker runs. I'm not sure 2m qualify as a long run though, they're just longer than what I'm used to having in my system.
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