And because I have to run my speaker cables down into the basement and then up on the other side of the room (20' - 25') I have not invested in high end speaker cables.
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For the money your best single investment would be shorten the cable runs and use a lot better cable. You can do what your doing just fine.
The difference in SQ between 1/2 meter and 8 meters is really not that noticeable with so so cable. BUT with any type of GOOD cable, it's a big difference.
1/2 meter of copper zip cord vs 8 meters of high quality woven 24 conductor, (silver over copper, OCC copper clad) cable. I KNOW there is a big difference in sound quality.
One step closer and a lot less money is 1 - 3 meter high quality speaker cable vs the 8 meters of cable you're using..
I always thought I can't stand seeing cabling running everywhere. After the eye opening experience 40 years ago, I change my mind. I used good cables and short runs because I had to at the time.. Working on the house. From then on everything under 10 feet, unless it was a bass bandpass or a sub.. It's the difference in mid fi vs hi fi yet the same exact gear...
I chose to move the gear and planned that way from then on.. Crazy thing that is what led to a 10,000lb (24"x18"x18ft) slab at one end of a bedroom, that is just now being converted 39 years later to one of two sound room this one with built traps and 3 foot cable runs. That would have cost me 10k now. It was 250.00 back them. 2-3 yards of concrete and rebar.
HT cable length, who cares? It's a sound effect deal anyways..
Regards
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For the money your best single investment would be shorten the cable runs and use a lot better cable. You can do what your doing just fine.
The difference in SQ between 1/2 meter and 8 meters is really not that noticeable with so so cable. BUT with any type of GOOD cable, it's a big difference.
1/2 meter of copper zip cord vs 8 meters of high quality woven 24 conductor, (silver over copper, OCC copper clad) cable. I KNOW there is a big difference in sound quality.
One step closer and a lot less money is 1 - 3 meter high quality speaker cable vs the 8 meters of cable you're using..
I always thought I can't stand seeing cabling running everywhere. After the eye opening experience 40 years ago, I change my mind. I used good cables and short runs because I had to at the time.. Working on the house. From then on everything under 10 feet, unless it was a bass bandpass or a sub.. It's the difference in mid fi vs hi fi yet the same exact gear...
I chose to move the gear and planned that way from then on.. Crazy thing that is what led to a 10,000lb (24"x18"x18ft) slab at one end of a bedroom, that is just now being converted 39 years later to one of two sound room this one with built traps and 3 foot cable runs. That would have cost me 10k now. It was 250.00 back them. 2-3 yards of concrete and rebar.
HT cable length, who cares? It's a sound effect deal anyways..
Regards