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In Reply to: RE: Are yo7u sure about this? posted by Ozzie on May 18, 2008 at 20:27:07

<< the output section would still deliver a current, however minute, commensurate with the reactance of the cable itself that would charge and discharge the cable >>

To put some numbers on this, let's look at a hypothetical 1 meter cable with 500 pF of capacitance (quite high, just for argument's sake). At 1 kHz (middle of the audio band), the capacitive reactance would be over 300 kohms. So yes, there would be some current delivered by the output stage, but roughly 10x less than what would be delivered should a preamp be connected (depending, of course, on the input impedance -- including capacitance! -- of the preamp).

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