Uneven speaker cable lengths and cable termination


Hi,

I'm getting new speakers that are single-wire only. This means I can't use my old MIT Terminator 2 cables, and need something new. My budget is limited as I've just spent all of it on the speakers :)

I'm not sure what the stance on cables is here on audiogon, so I hope I'm not starting a war :)
Anyway, I have some questions:

- Are equal lengths for both channels required? Is it possible to hear a difference? (my amp will be positioned to the left of the left side speaker, so I will need about a 4m run to the rightmost speaker. I was thinking of getting 4m and 2m runs)

- If I buy bare cable, is unsoldered termination helpful? The monster quicklock spades and bananas look really nice, but I wonder if they are worth the cost. (http://www.monstercable.com/productdisplay.asp?pin=4584)

My speakers are Audio Physic Scorpio II with Krell KAV-400xi btw. General recommendations are welcome.
ahochan
Well - If we assume that 70' of cable doesn't make any difference than cable itself doesn't make any difference and Home Depot lamp cord as good as Stealth Indra and thousands of dollars saved. Do you really believe that - if you do then why are you posting on the CABLE forum?

Super fine things that differentiate hi-end from mass market hifi-ish products are happening at the level of about -80dB (1 part in 10000) and in case of imaging perhaps even finer. At this point we don't event understand physics behind perfect sound like we don't understand why silver cable sound different (on average) than copper one.

With 75' cable capacitance has probably very little effect because of low source/load impedance but inductance in series does. 4.4 ohm of additional (inductive)impedance at 20kHz (1 Ohm at 4kHz) in series with the tweeter will cause big change. We can discuss if 7.5' vs 6' make audible difference but not 75'.

Sombody posted once that XLR cables can be run at any distance without signal degradation - how about a mile?
People get serious.
"Tradespersons and reviewers heard no difference."

Audiofeil - are you ABSOLUTELY sure that it wasn't lawnmower show?

How about different amp brands for left and right channel? (8 out of 9 dentists wouldn't hear the difference).

Not everyone is blessed with a "GOLDEN EAR". I have no doubt I would have jumped out of my seat, wire cutters and new terminations in hand and protested.

Ahochan....Just get a matched pair.
Sometime in 1986(published Jan '87): your mentors at Stereo Rephew did listening tests with a Pioneer receiver, transformerless tube amp and Levinson monoblocks. Of course- they determined that they were all sonically identical. UH-HUH!! I'll keep the Home Depot cord attached to my hedge trimmer, right where it belongs!