Hmm, I would have tended to run the speaker wires longer for fear that longer runs of low level signal wires are more subject to noise and interference from external sources. I guess not so much if shielded.
BTW, I have speakers up to about 15-20 yards or so away as the crow flies connected via standard guage commercial in-wall speaker wire to my system and I do not hear any ill effects compared to the pair sitting just a few feet away and connected via higher end 12' Audioquest cv6 wires, so running longer lengths of speaker wire is not something I fear based on experience.
BTW, I have speakers up to about 15-20 yards or so away as the crow flies connected via standard guage commercial in-wall speaker wire to my system and I do not hear any ill effects compared to the pair sitting just a few feet away and connected via higher end 12' Audioquest cv6 wires, so running longer lengths of speaker wire is not something I fear based on experience.