Max length of IC's? Long IC's vs short SW


What's better sonically?

a) To run 4 foot unbalanced interconnects between my preamp and amp and 32 foot runs of speaker wire,

or

b) To run 9 - 12 foot unbalanced interconnects between my preamp and map and 12 foot runs of speaker wire?

Also: what's the max length I can go on unbalanced interconnects before I run into issues of resistance, inductance, capacitance, etc. that would significantly affect the sound?

Is there much of a difference between 9 foot unbalanced and 12 foot or 15 unbalanced?

Thanks.

Laurence
ldworet

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Thanks for the advice. Any one know what's the max you can go with unbalanced IC's before you run into problems? Can I go 12 feet or should I try to do everything possible (unlikely) to get down to 9 feet? Thanks.