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Shorten my speaker cables?

For years I loved in a home where the only practical place to put all my gear was along a wall,to the side of the speakers. That necessitated a longer run of speaker cable- specifically, for a number of years I've used, quite successfully, Analysis Plus Oval 9's, in a 16 foot run. 

Now I've moved and I my gear is along the front wall between the speakers, so my 16 foot run is more than I need. Been toying with the idea of shorter cables, and wondered if I would hear any benefit in having my 16 foot run cut and reterminated resulting in a 10 foot run plus a spare 6 foot run which I'm sure at some point I would use for something.

The other thought was perhaps to switch speaker cables all together. My balanced ICs are all Acoustic Zen Matrix II and I've heard good things about the AZ satori speaker cables. 
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czarivey
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Oval 9’s are very easy to re-terminate and sell the rest of unwanted length. You will need heavy duty crimping tool.
That's the one I use: http://www.parts-express.com/heavy-duty-modular-crimp-tool-rj45--150-054
czarivey
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Not bologna at all. Many people just got used to listen to what most people say due to the fact of convenience of not using own mind. Swimming downstream is much easier, but not every time justified.
czarivey
5,946 posts
 
I like to do things right.
...and 'right' is very very subjective.
czarivey
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'We' is subjective as well.
One group of 'we' has its own agreements and own 'right', right?

czarivey
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"IS" is a prime number that can be divided by 1 or itself in math terms the following ways:

IS/1 = IS and
IS/IS = 1

Same with 5/1 or 5/5 etc...
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