one short and one long speaker cable work?


moving! new equipment arrangement requires one 2 meter speaker cable and one 6 meter cable. I have acquired a pair of AudioQuest Aspen speaker cables 19' each. should I chop one off where I need it and attach the other at 19'??
pfrank12

Showing 4 responses by gdnrbob

I was always told to keep speaker cable length equal or as close to equal between sides as possible, as impedance difference would become an issue. Though, that may have changed.
Bob
I was referring to each pair of speaker wire. Having them significantly unmatched in length is supposed to be a no no.
B
Then it would be out of phase. And, you know how my delicate ears hate that.
B
@geoffkait .
I don't think it would damage anything, but knowing that different brands have different sound qualities, why bother?
The question the OP posed was whether it wise to use unequal lengths.
Where's Almarg when we need him?
B