Speaker cable

[Gray]

Without the mixer, there´s no soundstage for you to perceive.

Well that's true of many modern multi track recordings.
But a few audio engineers will argue that the best imaging is achieved with a single crossed pair of directional microphones.
They act like the listeners ears, picking up all the differing amplitude and time cues that any brain needs.

 

[Gray]

Left and right maybe but not depth.

Yes, the traditional pan pot changes only the relative amplitude of the signal to L & R channels.
But digital cleverness can alter the timings to each channel - so depth perception can be played with.
(There was a good demonstration of electronic spatial manipulation yonks ago on Tomorrow's World).

 

[Al ears]

Yes, the traditional pan pot changes only the relative amplitude of the signal to L & R channels.
But digital cleverness can alter the timings to each channel - so depth perception can be played with.
(There was a good demonstration of electronic spatial manipulation yonks ago on Tomorrow's World).

That may be true but nobody can know what it's going to sound like on my system so I don't see how it can be measured

 

[GroeneLeeuw]

That may be true but nobody can know what it's going to sound like on my system so I don't see how it can be measured

 

[GroeneLeeuw]

That´s about the master.
And of course nobody knows how a recording is going to sound exactly at YOUR house, let alone how YOU are going to perceive it.
But, they have a pretty good idea of how the recording is going to sound to a lot of people.

And that´s also a bit the point. The topic started with speaker cables.
Speaker cables are like the 2nd to last step (the last being the speakers emitting sound) in a long, very long, chain that results in a recoding.

Many technical and artistic decisions are made throughout the whole process.

How much difference do you think a 1-3 meters of cable are going to make given the whole chain behind?
Asking is already admitting there are differences in speaker cables 😉 , which I think, are none if you use technically adequate cables.

 

[Gray]

That may be true but nobody can know what it's going to sound like on my system so I don't see how it can be measured

Any genuine difference between two sounds can be measured, that's all we're saying 👍

 

[Al ears]

Any genuine difference between two sounds can be measured, that's all we're saying 👍

If it is genuine and not simply perceived I would agree. However what that measurement means is anyone 's guess. Is it actually relevant? I doubt it.
Simply meaningless.
Measure all you like but it isn't going to tell me what difference it is going to make in my system.
Enough, I am out.
This thread is getting too long for a speaker cable thread anyway.....
😎