How long should speaker cables be?

@fosolitude 

Nordost Blue Heaven

They sell them in standard lengths up to 23ft.

Obviously these cannot be shortened by the end-user and I am pretty sure Nordost doesn't offer this as a service. I have Purple Flare's which I'm now using for my AV system and they are a few feet too long. My issue with the length (and this design in general) is inflexibility of the ribbon which makes cable management difficult. I'll get rid of them eventually. 

If you are OK with the extra length aesthetically, then I'd say leave them as is.

Just who, if not you, is the expert?  Try what makes sense , listen and modify, but first get the room acoustics right and only change one thing at  a time.

If I have to go long, it will be because of bass passed through my second FLOOR listening room and anything that I do to tame vibration issues is far more critical than long speaker, or long balanced interconnects.

I am over 2 meters tall.  When people tell me I have really long legs. I reply: " I don't think so - they are just long enough to reach the floor"

Long enough to reach....oh.

Wrong 'cable'...the male/female threw me....

Interconnects can be as long as you kneed it to be.  Works for me...;) *tic*

Keep them under 440 feet!