Wayne, have you measured your cables for capacitance?

dogberry · « **on:** 11 Jul 2003, 02:40 am »

Does it matter to you?

Obviously they sound good to your ears (and all your customers!).

I notived a big difference between your old digicable and your new one (with Bullet Plugs). That doesn't happen to me often.

I wanted to see how many other cable manufacturers were using Bullet Plugs and noticed a lot of these guys mention capacitance.

Just curious.

Wayne1 · « **Reply #1 on:** 11 Jul 2003, 03:46 pm »

The capacitance of the digital cable is 16.2 pF/FT

The main difference in sound between the Bullet Plugs and the Canare isn't capacitance, I believe. It is the lesser amount of metal surounding the signal bearing conductor. Having a hollow center conductor and just a small pin for the ground connection reduces the amount of interaction of the magnetic fields generated by the signals. I feel this is what accounts for the less "smeared" sound of the Bullet Plugs.

dogberry · « **Reply #2 on:** 11 Jul 2003, 04:14 pm »

Is this true for analog cables as well? What do you think are the hallmarks of the M-80s? Right now I'm using Coincident CST ICs, but I think I might have the Bullet Plug bug.