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Capacative cable?

What makes a high capacitive cable? I ask because I have Xindak fs-gold cables (a silver/gold)foil cable and my amp acted up (got really hot). Sent in for repairs and nothing wrong--suggested my cables may have a capacitive issue. I did some quick searches and did not find a thread dealing whith what design features increase capacitvieness? (spelling?)
orind

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orind OP
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Thank you for your reply--so, A foil speaker wire--ie a flat ribbon--would have a higher Capacitance than a corresponding round wire? How does braiding of wire result in higher capacitance?
orind OP
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Yep--just ordered some Mapleshade golden helix plus--may see the xindak up for sale soon.
orind OP
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They are stacked, not side by side. Thanks for all your help. Bit of a mystery--I have a Simaudio W5-LE that became superhot in my sytem after a listening session--Came home after lunch (I leave the amp on all the time) and smelled hot plastic--needed oven Mitts to remove the amp from the system--sent in for repair, passes all tests just fine. I had the amp in my system for 3 weeks (purchased used here on audiogon).

I love the sound of the amp (or lack of any particular sound) so I think I will go back to my XLO Ultra 6 cables for a while just in case.
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