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Re: everything's a compromise

Posted by mls-stl on November 22, 2006 at 11:25:10

In Reply to: Totally different ball game, my friend. posted by cheap-Jack on November 22, 2006 at 08:30:11:

> Any other way is only a compromise.

Short interconnects may well be desireable for certain reasons, but they are just one of an endless set of compromises that are made in any system, whether home or pro. (I worked in professional sound reinforcement for several years, so am comfortable making that statement.)

Some people have a system arrangement in their homes that require some distance between the music source and the speakers. Long speaker cables have their own set of drawbacks. In a prior home I had a 40' run between the source and the speakers. As I recommended in a prior message, I followed my own advice and experimented. I tried the amps at the music source with short ICs and long speaker cables. Then I tried long IC's and short speaker cables. In that particular incarnation, the long IC/short speaker cable simply sounded better. So I set it up that way and ceased to worry about it further.

Sometimes it is too easy for audiophiles to become obsessed with a single factor in a less-than-ideal setting and ignore options that represent a better overall result.

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