Speaker Cables, One side longer- bad idea?



How bad is it to have one speaker cable longer than the
other? The lengths would be 10ft and 16ft. Basically
I would like to avoid having to coil up 6 ft of cable
on the short side of the speaker runs.

How bad is this?
How does it affect the sound??

Thanks
Tom
eastside_guy

Showing 1 response by trappist

Different length cables will not affect sound much. Speed of light (even at 90%) through cables less than about 1 mile long won't have any audible effect on phase between both channels.

it's really the inductance and impedance of the cable that will vary. It will have some effect on imaging (ie. will create slight smearing).