[Russell Dawkins]

in case you ever wondered whether it was better to have long interconnects or long speaker wires, here's an argument for the former. The point is that it is an advantage to have the preamplifier at arms length while you are in the listening position, and this may require long interconnects to the power amplifier.
My bringing this up is justified by situations like those behind the confusion behind this thread,
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=61454.0
where a preamp was thought (by two experienced listeners) to invert polarity, (understandably, because the manual said it did) where it was actually reversing channels, left for right, and this was not being noticed. This can only happen when the preamp is located somewhere such that when this adjustment is made the channel reversal is not audible.

[Brown]

What puzzles me is whether or or not the program material used was familiar. How can one not know a familiar recording. You know piano on left and so on. One should always spot this right away. How would the prominity of the preamp make any difference or cable length, just not clear to me. I guess they were not as experienced as they thought. gees.