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Speaker cable length for mono blocks

I shall soon be attempting to either vertically biamp or mono amp a pair of speakers. I can put the amps within 6" (inches) of the speakers if I wish. Should I connect the amps to the speakers with very short lengths (less than 2 feet) of quality speaker cable (12 AWG or greater) or should I hook up a conventional length (eg. 8 feet) of cable? The amps will be Pass Alephs and the speakers will be electrostatics.
ivanj

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cornfedboy
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this is yet another of those queries that has been posted more than a few times. (suppressing big YAWN here to placate tonite's chosen moderators.) to save all those who find audiogon's search engine impossible to fathom, here's the consensus: shorter is better (but only with cables) unless you care a whit about resale value, in which such case you should use nothing shorter than 4 feet each side. -cfb
cornfedboy
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ivanj: now your later question IS interesting (at least to my jaded mind). are there really exceptional cables of which you are aware that do not meet your "basic parameters"? if so, are you implying that one may ignore the superiority of such cables if one uses REALLY short lengths? are you willing to tell us, then, which brands and models of cables you would consider best in your system were longer lengths called for that you feel free to reject given your current configuration? -cfb
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