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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?????
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rwwear
2,692 posts
 
I don't think so but, I'm sure some will.
bulldogger
210 posts
 
No, you will not be sorry. Unequal cable lenghts are not audible. I have a 9 foot cable on one channel and a 17 foot cable on another. The channels are a perfect balance according to my sound meter.
jose21
93 posts
 
I have a 12 ft run on one side and a 4 ft run on the other and no problems even with 2ch listening.
I'd bet some would argue though.
brainwater
520 posts
 
It is reccomemded that in all audio systems whether 2 or multichannel that exact legnths be used all round. That is in a perfect world however and I dont know anyone living there. Can you tell a difference? I doubt it . Not unless you have a very high end system with incredible resolution and time and phase coherency.
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