I would like to address some technical points applicable to speaker cables in general and how they apply to the Coincident CST1 and TRS speaker cables in particular.
It is commonly mentioned that capacitance is an important fator in speaker cable performance.This is incorrect.A speaker cable's capacitance is in parallel across the power amp output,not in series with the signal.The musical signal does not go through the cable's capacitance to go back and forth between amp and speaker.Therefore,speaker cable capacitance has very little deleterious consequences upon the accurate transmision of music along the length of the cable.
On the other hand ,resistance and even more significantly, inductance, both have very profound affects on the musical signal.
The resistance of a cable is determined by its cross sectional area and by the material of the conductor.The larger the gauge,generally the lower the resistance.
Low resistance cables have a low propensity to effect frequency response deviations with a given loudspeaker while
high resistance cables have a higher propensity to do the same.The sonic affect of the cable will be dependant upon the impedance characteristics of the loudspeaker.A high, flat impedance speaker will cause little or no frequency response deviations( even with a high resistance cable)but with a loudspeaker that has impedance dips,a high resistance cable will superimpose more of a frequency response deviation.
Self inductance is determined by the physical intimacy of the 2 conductors of opposite polarity( hot & ground).The more intimately intertwined the conductors ,generally speaking ,the lower the inductance.Without getting too involved,it is safe to state,that the lower the inductance, the more extended the high frequencies.The higher the inductance ,the more rapidily will the high frequencies begin to roll off.
Both resistance and inductance,unlike capacitance,are critical to accurate reproduction ,because they are in series with the amp and the speakers.The music must pass through the cable's resistance and self inductance.
It is precisely for the above noted reasons that the Coincident CST1 and the Total Reference Series speaker cables ,have been designed to be low resistance and ultra low inductance and only medium capacitance.The proof of any design ,is the sonic results with a very wide range of available associated components.Our experience and those of many hundreds of Coincident cable owners would appear to substantiate that Coincident cables sound superb with virtually all components.
It is commonly mentioned that capacitance is an important fator in speaker cable performance.This is incorrect.A speaker cable's capacitance is in parallel across the power amp output,not in series with the signal.The musical signal does not go through the cable's capacitance to go back and forth between amp and speaker.Therefore,speaker cable capacitance has very little deleterious consequences upon the accurate transmision of music along the length of the cable.
On the other hand ,resistance and even more significantly, inductance, both have very profound affects on the musical signal.
The resistance of a cable is determined by its cross sectional area and by the material of the conductor.The larger the gauge,generally the lower the resistance.
Low resistance cables have a low propensity to effect frequency response deviations with a given loudspeaker while
high resistance cables have a higher propensity to do the same.The sonic affect of the cable will be dependant upon the impedance characteristics of the loudspeaker.A high, flat impedance speaker will cause little or no frequency response deviations( even with a high resistance cable)but with a loudspeaker that has impedance dips,a high resistance cable will superimpose more of a frequency response deviation.
Self inductance is determined by the physical intimacy of the 2 conductors of opposite polarity( hot & ground).The more intimately intertwined the conductors ,generally speaking ,the lower the inductance.Without getting too involved,it is safe to state,that the lower the inductance, the more extended the high frequencies.The higher the inductance ,the more rapidily will the high frequencies begin to roll off.
Both resistance and inductance,unlike capacitance,are critical to accurate reproduction ,because they are in series with the amp and the speakers.The music must pass through the cable's resistance and self inductance.
It is precisely for the above noted reasons that the Coincident CST1 and the Total Reference Series speaker cables ,have been designed to be low resistance and ultra low inductance and only medium capacitance.The proof of any design ,is the sonic results with a very wide range of available associated components.Our experience and those of many hundreds of Coincident cable owners would appear to substantiate that Coincident cables sound superb with virtually all components.