1 meter speaker cables

My speaker cables are only 1m in length. I have two questions that I hope the collective experience of this community could help answer.

1. At 1m length do the differences that may be present at longer lengths of say 2.5m become less noticeable?

2. Has anyone demo’ed 1m speaker cables and if so, where?

Thanks in advance for your insights.

tosnc03-22-2025 9:09pm

jond Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,960 posts 03-22-2025 at 11:04pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Shorter is better that said the difference between 1M and 2.5M is likely indistinguishable.
mofimadness Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,363 posts 03-22-2025 at 11:12pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete +1 on both of the above!
tosnc OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 10 posts 03-22-2025 at 11:16pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Thanks. soix and jond. So could I demo different cables at the longer lengths, pick the one I like and expect the same sound when I special order a 1m length? Am I overthinking this?
randymaqp Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 19 posts 03-23-2025 at 01:21am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I did exactly that: I demoed 10’ cables and bought 4’ versions. They both sounded the same to me (after break-in). However, several weeks had passed between the demo and listening to my new, broken-in cables, so YMMV.
soix Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 10,007 posts 03-23-2025 at 01:47am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete You should be fine. The longer lengths will still exhibit the basic sound characteristics inherent in the design.