Adding an extra 1ft to premium speaker cables


I was given a pair of premium quality speaker cables but they’re about 1ft short on each side and there’s no way to change it. If I added an extra 1ft of cheaper cable would it defeat the purpose?

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Showing 1 response by yyzsantabarbara

In my Magnepan Mini office system, I need 2 sets of speaker cables. One set from the amp (stereo)  to the bass module. Then another set from the bass module to the tweeter + mid satellite panels. I used cheap (but well regarded) cables on both sets and it was very good. I even wrote about it on A'gon.

However, I added a stand to raise the bass panel off the floor and this allowed me to use the very short expensive Audience FrontRow speaker cables I purchased in the past for monoi blocks.  Adding this expensive speaker cable did improve the sound a bit more on the Maggies.

I do have another set of long Audience FrontRow speaker cables I use for my Livingroom system and can try an all Audience setup on the office Maggie system, but I have not done this yet.  think I will try this next week.