Moving the equipment rack from between the speakers and leaving the amp there significantly improved the sound of my system. The advice from my dealer and long time audio comrade told me that to break between the preamp and amp was the one to make. Shortened speaker cables can really make an aditional improvement. I trust him and did that this time. For runs of 20 or 30 feet… single ended RCA are fine.
Room rearrangement. Cable question
I'm thinking of moving my large box furniture rack from its current position between my speakers to a location along a sidewall. The idea is to minimize speaker reflections and refractions off the center-positioned rack.
This leaves me with two options:
1) Running longer speaker cables (15-20 feet) from the amp's new location on the sidewall to the speakers, or
2) Leaving the amp on the floor between the speakers (and putting it on a low platform), then running long interconnects from the preamp to the amp and using short speaker cables.
My Pass Labs XA25 amp does not have balanced connections.
Thoughts? Feeling? Speculations?
Thanks.
This leaves me with two options:
1) Running longer speaker cables (15-20 feet) from the amp's new location on the sidewall to the speakers, or
2) Leaving the amp on the floor between the speakers (and putting it on a low platform), then running long interconnects from the preamp to the amp and using short speaker cables.
My Pass Labs XA25 amp does not have balanced connections.
Thoughts? Feeling? Speculations?
Thanks.
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@hilde45 https://www.amazon.com/MARSHALLTOWN-Rebar-Support-Chair-Snap/dp/B0984GVXXL/ref=sr_1_7?crid=LRUBZS6OT...Or buy this pack of 500 and sell the rest here on A-Gon |
@steakster If you're interested, I think that the blind study with power cords was done in October 2007, and is on the AVS forum. I'll see if I can post a link: Observations of a controlled Cable Test | Page 2 | AVS Forum |
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