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What is better? longer interconnects or spkr cable

I have to go behind a 55" wide screen TV and a 19" rack to get to one of my speakers. I have 2 Bryston 7BSST mono blocks and want to connect my Line 1 Sonic Frontiers Pre-amp using balanced XLR interconnects. I havn't bought anything yet. I'm looking for suggestions on whether I should use long interconnects or stack my 7BSSTs and use long 15" speaker cables?
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audioengr
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I've studied this problem analytically. The results show that with TYPICAL amps and preamps (SS) and cables that are in the same quality range that the optimum ratio of speaker cables to IC's is between 3:1 and 1:1. Typically you cannot go wrong with 2:1. See the Audio FAQ page of my website for the analysis:
http://www.empiricalaudio.com
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