Speaker cable Question?

>>It is generally recommended to never use less that 8' of cable.<<

By whom?

Cardas is a darker cable the Anaylis-Plus. I'd try something different!

Audiofeil,

The primary source of the 8 ft. minimum speaker cable length wisdom, is Pierre Sprey with Mapleshade. However, there may be others who believe that.

Quote from Mapleshade's website:

• NEVER use speaker cables shorter than 8'. Amazingly, 4' sounds much worse than 8'. Contrary to common belief, shorter interconnects (2 m or less) and longer speaker cables sound WAY BETTER than the opposite—based on extensive head-to-head tests.

Link:

http://mapleshaderecords.com/audioproducts/freeaudiotips.php

And there are many who dispute Mr. Sprey's findings as being taken as some kind of definitive law. It may have very well been true for the system and cables used in his tests. I'm sure there are many of us who have found contradictions to this. So I really only object to the statement that "it is generally recommended". More acurately it should be "some recommend".

>>The primary source of the 8 ft. minimum speaker cable length wisdom, is Pierre Sprey with Mapleshade.<<

I've spoken with 3 manufacturers today regarding this issue and all of them consider the 8' minimum position hogwash. These are folks that own, engineer, and build cables for their livelihood. I tend to believe them.

Personally, I've never heard longer speaker cables sound better in any of my systems.