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06-01-2005, 11:26 AM
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|  Audiophiles in - Must speaker cables be the same length? I hear audiophiles say that speaker cables should be exactly the same lenth for each speaker. But this causes me to have a huge amount of spare cable length on one side which is very messy as the amp is much closer to one of the speakers than the other. Would having about 5 meters one one side and 1 meter on the other make much difference? I also hear that coiled up cables can cause can cause interference/feedback. So whats it to be; same lengths and messy - or different lengths and tidy? By the way, I have quite a nice system now; Mission 701's, Cambridge Audio Azur 640a AMP and good panasonic CD/DVD player. All of which are WhatHiFi Five star rated. Cheers. Last edited by autopilot; 06-01-2005 at 11:28 AM.. |
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06-01-2005, 12:16 PM
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| Why don't you try it with the ideal lengths of cables? Then if it sounds fine, you're sorted. Or you could buy a really expensive, calibrated micrometer and ensure that the cables are the same length to within a few microns and persuade yourself that it sounds better that way. Then you would be well on the way to becoming an audiophile yourself!  |
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06-01-2005, 12:19 PM
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| Cut your cable. I will bet you a notional £1,000,000 that you won't be able to hear any difference whatsoever. However, some of these will make ALL the difference...  |
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06-01-2005, 12:40 PM
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| Well, the idea with equal length cables is to make sure the capacitance, signal loss etc is identical across both speakers. You won't notice any difference in timing though, despite what some snake-oil peddlars may say; after all, how fast does electricity travel?  I shouldn't think you'd notice any difference whatsoever with even reference hifi equipment. |
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06-01-2005, 12:48 PM
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| Even if you did notice a difference most amp have settings to allow you to compensate. Also bare in mind cables the same length are ideally suited to you sitting smack bang in the centre of all the speakers. |
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06-01-2005, 12:50 PM
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| I guess if you ran one speaker through 1m of decent cable and the other through 100m of bell wire you might be able to notice the difference, but for a difference of a couple of meters on any normal cable- no way will you notice . Originally Posted by dangerous dom Never ever believe anything you read in What Lie-Fi? magazine
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06-01-2005, 01:26 PM
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| Doufus, the amp settings are to compensate for where you're sat in relation to the speakers, not how long the cables are. You're also assuming you've got the amp central between the two speakers and inline with your listening position. Many people don't have this. |
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06-01-2005, 03:49 PM
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| Originally Posted by schmunk MY GOD!1!1!
I can't believe someone would PAY $485 for a beech control knob, i'd want a bloody gold one for that  |
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06-01-2005, 03:52 PM
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|  they're great (tm) aren't they ? I have those on my kitchen cabinets   Agent = Hardware Homosapien | Zak33 = Hardware Homonid - just call me "Lucy" |
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06-01-2005, 04:01 PM
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| It won't make a blind bit of difference. Home cinema: Toshiba 42XV555DB Full HD LCD | Onkyo TX-SR705 | NAD C352 | Monitor Audio Bronze B2 | Monitor Audio Bronze C | Monitor Audio Bronze BFX | Yamaha NSC120 | BK Monolith sub | Toshiba HD-EP35 HD-DVD | Samsung BD-P1400 BluRay Player | Pioneer DV-575 | Squeezebox3 | Virgin Media V+ Box PC: Asus P5B | Core2duo 2.13GHz | 2GB DDR2 PC6400 | Inno3d iChill 7900GS | Auzentech X-Plosion 7.1 | 250GB | 500GB | NEC DVDRW | Dual AG Neovo 19" HTPC: | Core2Duo E6420 2.13GHz | 2GB DDR2 | 250GBx2 | Radeon X1300 | Terratec Aureon 7.1 | Windows MCE 2005 Laptop: 1.5GHz Centrino | 512MB | 60GB | 15" Wide TFT | Wifi | DVDRW |
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06-01-2005, 06:03 PM
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| Originally Posted by Sk!mD4Rk That is just a joke really. Someone is having a laugh
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07-01-2005, 10:40 AM
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| Originally Posted by schmunk I cut my speakers cables and the difference is incredible - no sound at all through the cut cable. Do I qualify for the notional £1,000,000? Although I'd really prefer just a normal cash-in-the-hand million, if poss.
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07-01-2005, 10:58 AM
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| ROFL  www.no2id.net www.saynoto0870.com www.housepricecrash.co.uk Now these points of data make a beautiful line, and we're out of beta we're releasing on time.... |
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07-01-2005, 11:41 AM
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| Originally Posted by oyster that deserves a good pat on the back....
funniest damn thing I'veread for days Agent = Hardware Homosapien | Zak33 = Hardware Homonid - just call me "Lucy" |
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