As a guitarist, I'm well aware the effects on tone that a cable can have. Longer the cable, the duller the sound becomes. As someone far cleverer than myself once pointed out, an excessively long cable effectively does the same to the guitar's tone as rolling the tone control down to its lowest level. As a man who likes to play his semi set to the bridge and with as much edge as possible, this displeases me.
Anyway, getting onto the subject, does mic cable length really matter? I was under the impression that it did, greatly so, because neither dynamic nor condenser mics induced a terribly strong signal in the first place, something that an excessively long cable, with all the interference and cack it'd pick up plus all the signal it'd naturally lose to capacitance and resistance, would do hideous damage to. But then, I've been scoping around, and Iv'e seen mic cables upwards of 100m in length.
So, what d'you guys reckon - is mic cable length something to be concerned about?
Anyway, getting onto the subject, does mic cable length really matter? I was under the impression that it did, greatly so, because neither dynamic nor condenser mics induced a terribly strong signal in the first place, something that an excessively long cable, with all the interference and cack it'd pick up plus all the signal it'd naturally lose to capacitance and resistance, would do hideous damage to. But then, I've been scoping around, and Iv'e seen mic cables upwards of 100m in length.
So, what d'you guys reckon - is mic cable length something to be concerned about?