On Wednesday, April 2, 2014 6:03:59 AM UTC-7, Allodoxaphobia wrote:
On Tue, 1 Apr 2014 10:25:23 -0700, William Sommerwerck wrote:

If the wires are heavy-gauge, it shouldn't make any difference. If they're

thin, yes, you might hear a difference in bass output (maybe). I would make

them the same length.



It's more likely there will be a difference noted due

to the distance involved in the physical separation.

IF any difference is noted at all.

I believe the human ear is more sensitive to time

differences than intensity differences.

Agreed on the time vs amplitude but the time differences in speaker cable lengths are in the 10s to maybe 100s of nanoseconds. I ASSURE you you will never hear fractional microsecond differences.

When I got my first CD player (CDP-101) it had a single D-A converter so there was a 45 degree phase shift at 10 KHz. Keep in mind it's not a 'phase shift as much as a time offset (45uS). Translating that to path length in air it works out to 0.15 inches so the question was, if I turn my head to 'match' the path lengths, can I hear the difference? The answer is no and I seriously doubt anybody can.

G²