Hello,
I was curious to hear what some of the benefits and drawbacks are with using a speaker cable that has a higher then normal capacitance specification per/ft? I'm in the process of shopping for a new set of cables and I have so far only demo'd several cables from the Cardas line. By far the most impressive sounding model to these ears has been the Clear cables they offer. I've also demo'd the Golden Reference and own a pair of the Neutral Reference cables as well. Again, based on what I heard the Clears were literally Night and Day better then the other Cardas cables; but why?
With that said, I notice that these Clear Cables have a fairly high Capacitance per/ft compared to some other brands on the market that advertise this information. The ruler I have been using to gauge what I would consider a low Capacitance value in a wire is the Mogami line. Based on the cable specs that Mogami advertises I am then taking that number and "judging" the values advertised by other manufactures to determine if the Capacitance is considered higher than normal. This may be a flawed way to approach making a determination but since so few companies advertise the spec of their cables its all I've got at the moment besides my ears.
So I wonder how this higher Capacitance plays into what I heard during the demo's I've done. From an audibility standpoint it seems that my preference lies with a cable that has a big capacitance value. The Clears advertise a 278 pf/ft value while the Clear Beyond jump that number up to 446 pf/ft
But what does that really mean? How is this intentional increase in Capacitance benefiting or damaging the sound one hears out of their High FI rig? When taking cable length into consideration these Capacitance values can rise up into the 3xxx-5xxx range but despite this it doesn't seem to be doing any harm at least to my equipment and certainly seems to sound very good to my ears.
What are your thoughts?
Thanks for any info you can provide.
I was curious to hear what some of the benefits and drawbacks are with using a speaker cable that has a higher then normal capacitance specification per/ft? I'm in the process of shopping for a new set of cables and I have so far only demo'd several cables from the Cardas line. By far the most impressive sounding model to these ears has been the Clear cables they offer. I've also demo'd the Golden Reference and own a pair of the Neutral Reference cables as well. Again, based on what I heard the Clears were literally Night and Day better then the other Cardas cables; but why?
With that said, I notice that these Clear Cables have a fairly high Capacitance per/ft compared to some other brands on the market that advertise this information. The ruler I have been using to gauge what I would consider a low Capacitance value in a wire is the Mogami line. Based on the cable specs that Mogami advertises I am then taking that number and "judging" the values advertised by other manufactures to determine if the Capacitance is considered higher than normal. This may be a flawed way to approach making a determination but since so few companies advertise the spec of their cables its all I've got at the moment besides my ears.
So I wonder how this higher Capacitance plays into what I heard during the demo's I've done. From an audibility standpoint it seems that my preference lies with a cable that has a big capacitance value. The Clears advertise a 278 pf/ft value while the Clear Beyond jump that number up to 446 pf/ft
But what does that really mean? How is this intentional increase in Capacitance benefiting or damaging the sound one hears out of their High FI rig? When taking cable length into consideration these Capacitance values can rise up into the 3xxx-5xxx range but despite this it doesn't seem to be doing any harm at least to my equipment and certainly seems to sound very good to my ears.
What are your thoughts?
Thanks for any info you can provide.