I've actually arguments in favor of both approaches. There's curegeorg's take on a low-level signal traveling easier, which I actually have some trouble with assuming that you are using some normal gauge of speaker wire. There's also an argument that running longer interconnects offers more chance for the low-level signal picking up interference which will then be amplified, thereby amplifying the interference.

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