Long interconnects or speaker cables?

Tom with what brand of cables did you experience that? Curious, because if you're using network-terminated cables (Transparent, MIT) the deleterious effects of cable-lengths is supposedly compensated (I was told). Could be true? Anyway, if using a passive preamp, then long interconnects are a problem at least from my experience. YMMV

Short speaker cables help retain the micro information or the ambiance of the recording. Use long good quality interconnects with short top quality speaker cables. I have 1m50 Wireworld Eclipse III speaker cables and a run of 5 meter-long Wireworld Equinox III interconnect.

This is especially true if you can use balanced (XLR) interconnects. Knowing where I'd like to place my speakers and what speaker cable lengths this would require, I chose my equipment because it could accommodate long (XLR) interconnects and allow short speaker cables.

I am just curious but has any one tried to get the amp's close enough to the speakers to try a gold/silver bus bar? I can not due it with my set up but would be interested in the performance even if it turns out to be bad.

I thought as everyone here that short speaker cable and long interconnects are better then the opposite. I think I will retract my previous statement: I went from 1.5 meter long Eclipse III to 3.0 meter long Eclipse III. Without changing anything else, the longer cable sounded much much better. I found out that Pierre Sprey at Mappleshaderecords do not advocate the use of very short speaker cables. He suggests that any speaker cable will sound best between 8 to 16 feet. Too short a cable or too long and you will lose. My last trial tends to support his view. I will try his Double Helix speaker cable...