Re: KAT5 question

["Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>]

Not if I remember my physics it doesn't! (not, it has to be said, an
entirely reliable test!)

Propagation of an electronic signal is only about 0.7c, with the electron
drift being positively pedestrian at "only" a few thousand metres
per
second....

Ian.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 1:35 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] KAT5 question


> Yes, yes, thank you children ;-)
>
> I'm happy to believe that the signal travels _down_ the CAT5 at, in
round
> terms, the speed of light. However, my question was whether there was
any
> kind of audible buffering going on "at the ends" that might
have caused
> latency. I was hoping for the answer "no".
>
> In answer to the "coming back", I'm not so worried about
"echo" from a
> second system apart, since my mind is perfectly capable as processing
this
> as if it were a resonance characteristic of the space. The concern was
more
> about "pre-echo", in case I was going to here the
"real" source before the
> "KAT5'd" one. This would have only occurred if there was
enough latency
in
> the KAT5 product to exceed the speed of sound coming down ;-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark Harrison
> Head of Systems, eKingfisher
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 14 May 2001 13:39
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] KAT5 question
>
>
> I would have thought the 330metres per second of the audio coming back
would
> have been more of a problem...
>
> ...however perhaps Mark is just loaded and lives in a house the size
of
> Birmingham?
>
> Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Keith Doxey [mailto:ukha.diyha@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 14 May 2001 13:22
> > To: ukha_d
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] KAT5 question
> >
> >
> > How far is the bedroom from the lounge ?
> >
> > The signals travel at 186,000 miles per second so I dont
> > think you will
> > notice any delay :-)
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Keith
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 11:41
> > > To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> > > Subject: [ukha_d] KAT5 question
> > >
> > >
> > > Phil/Keith,
> > >
> > > A question about latency on the KAT5 units...
> > >
> > > I'm considering getting a pair to feed from the main system
> > > (upstairs, in
> > > our bedroom) to the living room system (downstairs.) The
> > > living room is, in
> > > fact, directly below the bedroom, so any kind of signal
delay
> > > would be very
> > > offputting...
> > >
> > > Can either of you comment?
> > >
> > > Mark Harrison
> > > Head of Systems, eKingfisher
> > >
> > >
> > >
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