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Tube Monoblock location? - Rack or near speakers?

Mike for quicksilver recommends that I place the mini mite monoblocks close to the speakers to minimize the speaker cable length. This will mean rca runs of 10 to 15 ft! This is contrary to everything that I've heard. I assumed that speaker cable runs can be much longer than rca and are less prone to interference and capacitance + resistance?

Any opinions would be appreciated.
cooljazzcat

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cooljazzcat OP
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Marakanetz, you mean follow Mike's or Lloyd's advice?

thanks guys.
cooljazzcat OP
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I figured there would be a split in opinions here.

Blue Jeans cable for instance admit that if you are using speaker runs of less than 10 ft, just use decent oxygen free copper because there is no measured difference compared to very short cable. I think you would need better rca cables at that length which are more susceptible to interference and noise.
cooljazzcat OP
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Minorl, what would you consider as an acceptable run of speaker cable (length?) thanks
cooljazzcat OP
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Minorl, thanks for your reply. So what is the maximum length of speaker cable before you start to have issues? I was told 10ft is typical.
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