One of the biggest improvements I've made to my system is eliminating the speaker cables and binding posts entirely. I went to monoblock amps placed very close to the speakers, and ran the internal wire from the speaker crossover directly out to the the amplifier binding posts, eliminating the speaker binding posts. Huge jump in clarity and image focus.
My speaker cables were 3m Zu Ibis silver cables, no slouches, but no cables at all sounds much better. So, based on my experience, I'd say that anything you can do to shorten (or even eliminate!) the speaker cables should be beneficial.
My speaker cables were 3m Zu Ibis silver cables, no slouches, but no cables at all sounds much better. So, based on my experience, I'd say that anything you can do to shorten (or even eliminate!) the speaker cables should be beneficial.