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Speaker cable length

I have Cary tube amps and Harbeth speakers and I am kind of limited as to the placement of my components in my listening room. The optimum positioning for best sound would require a 27 foot speaker cable on one side and an 18 foot cable on the opposite side. Are these runs to long and could they harm my equipment or somehow lower sound quality?
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audiofeil
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Depends on the cables and amp.

At CES in January 2007, AJ Conti of Basis Audio ran a pair of speakers with his cables. One speaker was wired with a 6' pair and the other speaker was wired with a 75' pair.

Not a single listener could discern the difference.

Go figure.
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