Long ICs vs Long Speaker Cables

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Rob Babcock

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Long ICs vs Long Speaker Cables
« on: 17 Apr 2003, 02:13 am »
Anyone have any opinion on this?  One school of thought is to keep the speaker cable runs short, placing the amps close to the speakers and using long ICs.  The other is to use a little heavier speaker cable & short ICs.  

What do you guys think?  Partially for space & number of outlets I'm condsidering relocating the front channel & sub amps to the front of my room and leaving the rear amps & gear rack in the back of the room.

Potential upside:  lowered speaker cable inductance, maybe better sound.  The possible downsides:  I'd need 35-50 foot ICs, which gets very spendy, and I'd probably have to drill thru the floor and run cables under the floor, crossing a few electrical wires in the process (lots of potential for induced hum & noise).

Comments/suggestions?

Sa-dono

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Re: Long ICs vs Long Speaker Cables
« Reply #1 on: 17 Apr 2003, 03:47 am »
I'm guessing this is a HT/music setup?

Tonto Yoder

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Long ICs vs Long Speaker Cables
« Reply #2 on: 17 Apr 2003, 12:01 pm »
Rob,
did you read audioengineer's Audio FAQ's about long/short????  Can't link directly to that section but it's the FAQ section of http://www.empiricalaudio.com/