Speaker cable lengths.

I was there....it was...interesting!

 

Even more interesting when the cost of the cables was revealed!

 

What a load of waffling bollocks that was.

 

Whilst I have some foo (?lish) cables I think I'd have politely excused myself from the "dem" after 2 minutes of that nonsense.
Although I'd have liked to listen to the rest.

 

Not the worst cables in the world and at around 2k/m a bargain to boot!

I nearly wetted myself!

 

Sex wee?

 

Howd you know?

 

Just to be clear, was this chap a friend you were helping out, or did you get paid some cash to install these systems? The way you write makes it sound as though you have done this sort of thing more than once or twice as a bit of side business. That's fine, but it does make your comments a little less neutral than when I thought you had 'closed shop'.

 

I do it all the time.

 

Well I'm strapped into a calibrated jig, within an environmentally controlled room, sunk by a few floors into the ground to minimise vibration, I employed a technician to provide constant verification that my head stays exactly equidistant from both speakers. This is checked using a highly sensitive digital micrometer strapped to my face.

I've been trying different length cables and comparing the results to moving my head by a few microns.

The difference at 21.5 microns is indeed clearly noticeable, if you are thinking about changing your cable lengths I strongly urge you to reconsider! If there is no other option then you must adjust your seating position to compensate otherwise your music will be RUINED.

P.s. the airlock can be annoying at first and don't even think about having a hot drink, the radiant heat is enough alter the size of the metalwork which will wreak havoc with your listening experience. Also my head keeps going out of calibration.

 

More utter hogwash. Purely opinion.

And opinions are like assholes....everyone has one.

Chris

 

Chris, its like trying to talk sense to a conspiracy theory nutter, questions ignored or answered with a question and absolutely no fact or evidence what so ever.

Sad really.

 

Back when Naim was having trouble making those Sinclair power amp circuits work without becoming some kind of short-term space heater, it might have been possible that uneven cable lengths made a difference. But that's nigh on 35 years ago. Certainly if you used a Litz wire design on the end of an early Naim amp, the length of the cable made a difference between an amplifier that was working and one that was smoking, because any length of Litz wire would have been potentially fatal to the amp design.

The modern reason for using identical lengths just comes down to practicality; internet dealers aren't prepared to sell cables cut off the reel and want packaged cables. Cables are sold in pairs, and asking for 3m one side and 6m the other is like walking into a shoe shop and asking for a size 8 left foot and a size 13 right.

Different length cables are also impossible to resell, second-hand. So no-one's going to like the idea, even if it saves a bob or two (or in the case of Nordost Odin, saves you a few tens of thousands of pounds).

 

I have not read all this thread but to answer the OPs question it makes no difference.
I have one side at 2m and the other 4m. I use NVA LS1 and Mr Dunn confirmed it would be fine.

 

No discussion of banned members please guys.

 

I think that sums things up perfectly.

BTW, I have some of that old Monitor Audio Litz cable. It came free with a pair of Rogers Export Monitors I picked up recently. Looks beautiful with all those plaited green and copper strands. I wouldn't let it near an amplifier though.