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Speaker cable Question?

I have a 8foot pair of Analysis plus oval 9 cables. I have a pair of JR-201 mono's. I don't realy need 8-feet of cable, 4-feet will do just fine. I want to go with a Cardas cable.
My question is do I need to stay with 8-feet do to the resistants of the length of the 8-foot cable or can I go with a 4-foot cable and still get the proper sound?
Is there a reason why people use 8-foot cables most of the time?
Thanks
Russ
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audiofeil
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>>It is generally recommended to never use less that 8' of cable.<<

By whom?
audiofeil
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>>The primary source of the 8 ft. minimum speaker cable length wisdom, is Pierre Sprey with Mapleshade.<<

I've spoken with 3 manufacturers today regarding this issue and all of them consider the 8' minimum position hogwash. These are folks that own, engineer, and build cables for their livelihood. I tend to believe them.

Personally, I've never heard longer speaker cables sound better in any of my systems.
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