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one short and one long speaker cable work?

moving! new equipment arrangement requires one 2 meter speaker cable and one 6 meter cable. I have acquired a pair of AudioQuest Aspen speaker cables 19' each. should I chop one off where I need it and attach the other at 19'??
pfrank12
erik_squires
5,268 posts
 
If they're worth anything, no, keep the cable length the same.

But in terms of electrical theory, it's hard to imagine a 14 ga or larger speaker cable sounding very different at 6 or 2 meters. 
sfcable
17 posts
 
Yes you can use RJ45 cable extenders: 
I was afraid they'll introduce noise and hence reduce speed in our LAN but finally there was no perceptible difference.


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rar1
1,578 posts
 
Yes, you are fine.  The only thing unequal length cable affects may be resale value.

Rich
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gdnrbob
2,421 posts
 
I was always told to keep speaker cable length equal or as close to equal between sides as possible, as impedance difference would become an issue. Though, that may have changed.
Bob
phil9624
84 posts
 
In my five channel sound surround system the cables are 10' L&R, 8' center, and 35' rear L&R. The only thing they have in common is all Audioquest 12 gauge (Comet, Castle Rock, and Slate).  Sounds fine to me.
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