Speaker cable -no shorter than 8FT? T or F

Most "Knowledgable" audiophiles, manufacturers and/or reviewers say the shorter the speaker cable the better. Use longer interconnects if necessary but shorter speaker cables. It has been contended that this will impart less of the wires sound and/or other attributes on the reproduced signal. The speaker cables must carry higher current and voltage than interconnects. (Another reason for biwiring)
I personally keep ALL cables as short as possible. With all this said, I have found that longer interconnects seem to muck up sound worse than longer speaker cables. I'm sure this would be somewhat system dependent(amp). However, since the interconnect carries very small signals, I could see a good reason, with consideration to impedance and capacitance, to keep them short and out of harms way, so to speak.
This Mapleshade guy is either after publicity or he is a true visionary. Guess everyone will have to make up their own minds on that point. I do find his speaker and chair placement ideas questionable. It sure doesn't work in my room.

Just an aside; from personal experience, I tend to buy speaker cables 1/2 meter LONGER than I actually need! This can be very helpful should you decide to move your equipment slightly, or if you buy new speakers with terminals in a different location. Nothing like having to buy a new set of cables, because you're short by just 1 foot after moving some of your gear! My personal belief is that a 2 meter run will be easiest to sell on the used market, not too long...not too short!

Perhaps Mapleshade have their speakers more than 8ft from the amp, in which case having a speaker cable of less than 8ft would most certainly compromise the sound.

Seandtaylor99, you're a pip! You cracked me up with your second post! Thanks for the laugh!

As far as speaker cables needing to be at least 8ft. I don't know?? I haven't heard many monoblock users buying 8ft cables. I actually hear some audiophiles wire directly from amps to the speaker internal wires,eliminating speaker terminals.
I would assume this is as short a path as you can make.So what does that tell you?
Some of his ideas sound reasonable but others not.