Extending Controller Cords?

[Hellfromabove]

Hey guys I am building an arcade stick for a friend but the cord on the PCBs I am using are too small. I was wondering, could I splice the wires from the cord and extend them? I mean is the response of the button spress going to be the same or will it lag? Also if that works could I use a converter on it? I mean I used a extension cord and then a converter and I noticed a lag, I mean I REALLY noticed it. I was wondering if the same thing would happen. Any information would be great. Thanks in advance. Thanx.

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[Jakobud]

What cords are you referring to?  The wires that go from the buttons and joystick into the encoder?  Or the cord that goes from the encoder to the computer?

[hooded_paladin]

electrons travel at the speed of light.  In most cases, you can extend wires without noticing a thing.

Did you try using it with the converter but not the extension cable?  (When you say converter, I think you mean you're doing a playstation hack and using a PSX->PC converter, or something similar)  Some converters are naturally laggy, and extending wires shouldn't make much of a difference.

*edit* as in, get a different PSX converter if that is the case

[Hellfromabove]

OK thanks for the help guys. I hope this works. Thanx.

-See Ya!!!