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Room rearrangement. Cable question

I'm thinking of moving my large box furniture rack from its current position between my speakers to a location along a sidewall. The idea is to minimize speaker reflections and refractions off the center-positioned rack.
This leaves me with two options:
1) Running longer speaker cables  (15-20 feet) from the amp's new location on the sidewall to the speakers, or
2) Leaving the amp on the floor between the speakers (and putting it on a low platform), then running long interconnects from the preamp to the amp and using short speaker cables.
My Pass Labs XA25 amp does not have balanced connections.
Thoughts? Feeling? Speculations?
Thanks.
kolledog

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hilde45
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I have the same issue. I am going with a very low equipment rack in the center of the room. Low enough to avoid most reflection, but not necessitating other expensive changes.

Here's an example of a low table but it could have two shelves: https://hauteliving.imgix.net/product-photos/low-lessness-coffee-table/low-lessness.jpg?auto=compres...
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hilde45
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To quote a line which *must* have been in a Bond movie,

@drbond "Strap in, Mr. Bond" -- https://forum.audiogon.com/search/index?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=cable+risers

But whatever you think is the *truth*, this is one of the most inexpensive things to try for yourself.
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