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In Reply to: RE: A paper I wrote 11 years ago. posted by Bold Eagle on July 19, 2016 at 09:51:47
I found an article years ago written by some engineers in northern California that did an impressive investigation of interconnects using spectrum analyzers and distortion meters. The bottom line was the lower the capacitance the better. Included in the article was how they made their test cables which I shamelessly plagurized (now who does that sound like). I have used these particulary ugly interconnects ever since and are very happy with them. Basically they are high grade connectors and wire inside of individual teflon tubing. One teflon tube contains the signal, the other the ground, so four tubes for stereo, as short as will do the job.
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I stumbled across some gold wire I bought a long time ago and had forgotten about, and although I'm not a cable DIY'er, I figured it was a crime to continue to let that beautiful wire sit in a bag. My favorite interconnects are the Stealth PGS which use a gold conductor, so I wanted to see how close I could get with just some teflon tube and good RCA's (that were also sitting around unloved). Long story short, the PGS retained their throne without any question, but these are now in place of a $500 pair of interconnects that WERE dethroned. I'm sure any experienced cable builder will look at these and roll their eyes, but hey, it was my first effort and they sound quite good.
Capacitance acts as a high pass, inductance acts as a low pass. I don't think too much of either is good, but depending on what is being connect what would normally be considered an excess of either to be audibly good. You could correctly point out that indicates the equipment is flawed, but you have to work with what you have. Unless you are going to the bleeding edge of interconnects, it is usually a lot cheaper to correct with an interconnect or speaker cable then it is with replacing a component.
Case in point, my beloved Threshold CAS-1 does not have a Zobel in the output stage so it is sensitive to high capacitance interconnect cables, to the point of self destructing if you go too high. My solution is not to use high capacitance cables (although I could just add a Zobel). I like the amp too much, with all of its flaws, to switch amps.
Dave
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