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

Showing 1 response by marakanetz

I'm aiming to have the same setup with tube monos and I'm about to buy just bulk 5...6ft of Analysis + Oval speaker cable and terminate it myself with Cardas termination kit . 2...3 feet runs figures for each speaker depending on placement. The cost of single 6' unterminated silver Oval is arround $140; coper is cheeper so there is no need to worry about it's resale + $~50(8 spades) for Cardas gold plated spades from music-direct.
Besides, not only YOU who will use monos with short runs and I actually saw ads with short 3' on audiogon.