Thank you Kees, for chiming in here. I hope you are doing well and have some nice projects going on.
Barry asked us if we possibly could hear where the recording with the counting jumped from one cable type to the other. When I listened the first time I immediately felt on the 7 something changed in the character of the sound. When I relistened a couple of times, I knew it for sure, so I wrote my reply.
But..... I was wrong in which was which. I found the 1-6 sound better than 7-11. So my conclusion was simple, I heard a difference even with MP3, but what was the best for me, was pure a matter of taste.
I have lots and lots of experience with dedicated microphone cables, and it has happened several times in recordings I started making balance using my multcore-snake, and then switched over to a highend cable, and asked the musicians if the they liked the result better. Then when I explained I only swapped cable, they could not believe a cable could make such a difference.
I would just advice, use your own ears, but keep in mind not to invest a fortune, and cables should be practical in use, and stay alive.
Erik Sikkema
Schallfeldwebel