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Re: define "benign"

> However, I believe manufactuers should strive to keep the LCR parameters as benign as possible.

The problem with that nice sounding idea is it depends on the meaning of the word "benign."

For example, for a turntable interconnect, what constitutes a "benign" capacitance? Typical recommended capacitances for cartridges run from about 100 pF to 500 pF and I'm sure there are cartridges with requirements outside this five-fold range.

As can be seen, "benign" does not automatically mean a "low" L,C or R.

I find it interesting that resistance, capactitance and inductance are often treated inconsistently by the ultra cable crowd. Sometimes these parameters are treated dismissively because there are more "sophisticated" issues at work - directional crystals and all that. Other times LCR's are treated as an easy-to-achieve universal constant if only people would pay attention - just make it "benign!"

There is an old saying in medicine - basically a restatement of Occam's Razor - that we should be looking for horses instead of zebras when we hear hoof beats. I would posit the same should apply to cables. Pay attention to the well established basics of cable performance in a given circuit before we worry too much about the exotic theories.

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