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.
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.
Year after year, there are many new components.. pre-amps, power amps..etc. that rave on about how they have shortened the single path and length of internal wire.
Listen to them...the shorter the interconnects and speaker wire..the better.
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