It depends. If your preamp can drive long IC cables (some don't do this well), I recommend short speaker cables. It has to do with impedance, inductance, resistance and other mysterious and magical things we mortals can't understand. Active speakers can sound superior to their passive counterparts. My uneducated guess is it may have to do with this very issue.
Long Cables w/Short Speaker Cable or Vice Versa?
Assuming your equipment (other than power amp) is located a considerable distance from your speakers (15 feet), which is better:
(A) Long Interconnects with a Short Speaker Cable run; OR
(B) Short Interconnects with a Long Speaker Cable run?
Ideally, I want to seperate my McIntosh MC2301 monoblock amps so that they flank both sides of the cabinet built-in's that are on both sides of my fireplace and TV. Even if I put the amps together (in the left-side cabinet built-in), I will have at least a 15 foot run of speaker cable to reach the right speaker.
I have a decision to make on whether I should invest in a long run of interconnect OR speaker cable.
Thoughts?
(A) Long Interconnects with a Short Speaker Cable run; OR
(B) Short Interconnects with a Long Speaker Cable run?
Ideally, I want to seperate my McIntosh MC2301 monoblock amps so that they flank both sides of the cabinet built-in's that are on both sides of my fireplace and TV. Even if I put the amps together (in the left-side cabinet built-in), I will have at least a 15 foot run of speaker cable to reach the right speaker.
I have a decision to make on whether I should invest in a long run of interconnect OR speaker cable.
Thoughts?