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Yes, sorry, I was making a general comment about how we work rather than presuming to know all about the workings of your brain!!
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Odd lengths of, say 3 and 5m, or 7 and 9m won't make any noticable difference IMO, as long as the cable is a decent gauge. I used 7 and 9m runs in the past, both at home and at work and my current lengths are around 6 and 4m.....
I'd possibly comment that transformer coupled valve amps need shorter lengths of chunky wire with modern speakers, which are 4 to 6 Ohm nominal, although my Crofted Quads coped with hifi dave's very lengthy runs in his dem room (hint - Glenns Series 7 amp coped even better)
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In my experience I have never noticed a difference going from short to long cables, or running two different lengths, although as I am running very reasonable Mark Grant cable I said sod the expense and bought 14m for two 7m cables, though one only needs to be 3m - here's a point to consider - coiling the extra 4m (or whatever) would potentially be worse than having a straight run of shorter cable. Discuss! (OK, don't bother!)
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Yes, especially if SE zero feedback which generally have poor damping factor to start with...adding extra cable length can cause some interesting problems in the bass......
I'd possibly comment that transformer coupled valve amps need shorter lengths of chunky wire with modern speakers, which are 4 to 6 Ohm nominal, although my Crofted Quads coped with hifi dave's very lengthy runs in his dem room (hint - Glenns Series 7 amp coped even better
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quite agree!
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Yep... experienced that. Going from 10m to less than 2m made a world of difference. But that in itself caused further problems.
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