New interlinks - as short as possible?

[Arnold van Oostrum]

Hi, I want to start upgrading some cables in my setup. And ofcourse that costs (a lot of) money.
Now the problem: the shorter the cable the better it is. Right?

My dillema: buy cables for the setup now, which means 50 cm (approx. 1.6 ft) is enough for the interlinks and the digital coax.
But maybe not enough whenever future upgrades in equipment will take place. A cable of 1 m (approx 3.2 ft) is most common but not necessary for me.

Will it (soundwise) matter if the interlink is 0.5 m or 1 m?
What would you choose?

[brucek]

The length of interconnects is inconsequential when used with solid state equipment. Passive preamps and tube preamps suffer from rather high output impedance, which when combined with a high reactance (from long interconnects) creates a low pass filter.

Either way, it's of little significance, given the distances you're considering. Use convenience as your guide here. A one meter cable will provide you with some 'wiggle room' if you want to move your equipment around in the future.

brucek