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[QUOTE=&quot;nbound-au, post: 102602, member: 12875&quot;]And he isnt the only on who deals with antennas and audio systems on a day-to-day basis. I need to understand things like this to try and reduce the reverb in open area PA systems as an exampleEven most home theatre receivers ask you how far away each speaker is from your listening position, this is so the sound arrives to you at the same time. Sound, relatively speaking, is rather slow.Imagine your cable, each 3 foot of cable produces a massive delay of only 4ns (4 billionths of a second) compared to a TV that is closerIn the open air, RF waves are near enough to full light speed, and each extra 3 foot of propagation path adds an extra 3ns compared to an antenna that is closerOver any realistically sized home, the delay will be imperceptible.The delay of audio on the other hand becomes perceptible over no more than a few metres.The position you stand/sit in to hear both sets is likely closer to the Kitchen.If you reread my post i specifically state that the processing issues only refer to sets of different models. The sound issue is universally applicable.I beleive you that they sound like one is &quot;ahead&quot; of the other, Im trying to explain that it is nothing to do with the cable as per your original assertion.Calm down mate, noone called you a liar or an idiot...Fringe said &quot;what you wrote is absolute nonsense&quot; (emphasis mine). Which from a physics standpoint is absolutely correct. There is a big difference between saying an opinion is nonsense and calling someone a liar/idiot. Fringe did not do that, and it would be well out of character for him if ever he did.Please also note noone has said you arent hearing a delay, we are just trying to explain why you are hearing it.FWIW FOX TV; The same kind of phenomenon occurs in my own home. And my explanation of why is entirely consistent with it.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="nbound-au, post: 102602, member: 12875"]And he isnt the only on who deals with antennas and audio systems on a day-to-day basis. I need to understand things like this to try and reduce the reverb in open area PA systems as an example Even most home theatre receivers ask you how far away each speaker is from [I]your listening position[/I], this is so the sound arrives to you at the same time. Sound, relatively speaking, is rather slow. Imagine your cable, each 3 foot of cable produces a massive delay of only 4ns (4 [I]billionths[/I] of a second) compared to a TV that is closer In the open air, RF waves are near enough to full light speed, and each extra 3 foot of propagation path adds an extra 3ns compared to an antenna that is closer Over any realistically sized home, the delay will be imperceptible. The delay of audio on the other hand becomes perceptible over no more than a few metres. The position you stand/sit in to hear both sets is likely closer to the Kitchen. If you reread my post i specifically state that the processing issues only refer to sets of different models. The sound issue is universally applicable. I beleive you that they sound like one is "ahead" of the other, Im trying to explain that it is nothing to do with the cable as per your original assertion. Calm down mate, noone called you a liar or an idiot... Fringe said "what you [B]wrote[/B] is absolute nonsense" (emphasis mine). Which from a physics standpoint is absolutely correct. There is a big difference between saying an opinion is nonsense and calling someone a liar/idiot. Fringe did not do that, and it would be well out of character for him if ever he did. Please also note [U]noone[/U] has said you arent hearing a delay, we are just trying to explain why you are hearing it. FWIW FOX TV; The same kind of phenomenon occurs in my own home. And my explanation of why is entirely consistent with it.[/QUOTE]

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