Mid Side - does cable length affect the phase/delay of stereo result?

[canidoit]

If I was to use a hardware M/S unit, and for example:
Mid: Equaliser (6 meters away)
Side: Equaliser (30cms away)

Does the length of cable cause a delay when the M/S comes together causing a phasing in the stereo audio?
When there is a delay between Mid and Side, when it is summed back to stereo, what are the artefacts? - phasing, center is off, distortion?

Thank you.

 

[JohnRoberts]

no....

JR

 

[k brown]

no....

JR

Couldn'a said it better myself.

 

[pucho812]

I did some digging on this.

A good approximation of electrons in a wire is 11 inches of travel every nanosecond. I saw this on a science show years back and it's one of those Many audio factoids I keep in the brain bank. Just like how sound proximately travels 1100 feet every second at 72 degrees in temperature.
Anyway if the 11 inches in a nanosecond is true, we can say the speed of light through the cable is 11/12 ns/ft (considering impedance). Considering it is a minimum 20ms for our brains to interpret a delay, then the length of cable necessary to produce an audible delay is approximately 3,472 miles, or roughly the distance between Washington, DC and Sacramento, CA.

You will find that there are other things that are more likely to cause an audible delay then the cable itself.

 

[micolas]

@pucho812
About what would be the delay in the case of the distance from the Earth to the Third Stone from the Sun?
(I apologize, I couldn't help myself, sometimes my humor gets out of control )

 

[k brown]

I did some digging on this.

A good approximation of electrons in a wire is 11 inches of travel every nanosecond. I saw this on a science show years back and it's one of those Many audio factoids I keep in the brain bank. Just like how sound proximately travels 1100 feet every second at 72 degrees in temperature.
Anyway if the 11 inches in a nanosecond is true, we can say the speed of light through the cable is 11/12 ns/ft (considering impedance). Considering it is a minimum 20ms for our brains to interpret a delay, then the length of cable necessary to produce an audible delay is approximately 3,472 miles, or roughly the distance between Washington, DC and Sacramento, CA.

You will find that there are other things that are more likely to cause an audible delay then the cable itself.

One's horoscopic sign probably has more effect.

 

[pucho812]

One's horoscopic sign probably has more effect.

that was really funny.

 

[capacitorless]

Low Earth Orbit here (.63 to 6.2ms latency for 110 to 1200 miles of cable)