moving stuff around (cable lengths?)

[smuggs]

I am moving my tv on the wall which will allow my centre speaker to sit on top of the tv stand and i can now move my denon amp on the stand. Which now is within 1m of my sky hd,ps3,xbox360 and will

so my question is i have a 3m(cheap) hdmi from my ps3 to my amp , 3m (cheap)hdmi,5m optical (vianco sound and image) from my sky hd, and a 3m(cheap) hdmi from my xbox360. and a 5m (vivanco sound and image 5star) from my amp to the tv.

how much will i gain from change them to 1m cables and lets say up to £20 notes each cables what the best upgrades i can get.

I will now be able to also put my arcam alpha9 next to my CA harddrive i am using a 3m pair of inters which are ok but no big brand. So again will there be any 1m cable say up to £20 can be pre owned that will be worth while.

My only upgrades at the moment have been speaker cable for my hifi which was £7 per metre not bad but was hoping for a little more change. The next was a copper alpha at 35 squid i have only been rich enough to own 1 and i found the cd player/harddrive made the most differance. and i also bought a tacima cs92 which on the tv has been unreal.

many thanks for any help in advance

 

[davejberry]

In my opinion, changing to shorter cables on the digital side of things will ony tidy up your system. I have experimented with HDMI, Toslink and coax of varying lengths at varying prices (although not ridiculous amounts I might add) and could not tell any difference. Save your money and buy more films ;-)