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Unequal cable lengths for home theater????

I have 7 speakers and a sub in my theater. Each pair of speakers has an equal length pair of speaker cables. I was re-doing some other wires, and I noticed that I could really clean up the rat's nest behind the big-screen TV if I didn't have to worry about equal speaker cable lengths. All of my cables in the theater are home made Canary cable and WBT connectors, so I can easily make changes. Will I be sorry if I do this?????
snooker14

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distortion
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I prefer equal length for Each channel set. Just as teh poster above, Abex does.

I use the same length on all front channels (8foot) L/C/R and the same on the rear channels (50 foot) in a 5.1 setup. I have a 15 x 22 room with a tray ceiling, the surround cables travel through the roof, and the speakers are mounted high on the rear wall.
distortion
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Shaqspack, I really dont want to be the picky one here but.....

Ideally electricity moves at the speed of light.

However this speed is only constant in a vacuum. Speaker wire isnt a vacuum, so its speed would be relative to its properties.

Furthermore, electricity is inhibited by inductance and resistence and it is commonly argued that its approximate speed through copper is 60-80% that of light.

FWIW, =)
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