Capacitance: Help me understand


I have been trying to match interconnects with my system. everyone keeps telling me I probably have a capacitance problem with the Wireworld Gold Eclipse III that connects my preamp and amp. I have no idea of what this is, but Isure can hear the effect it is supposedly causing, a too deep soundstsage with diminished volume from the center image.Can someone explain capacitance to me? I am not stupid, just clueless.
ignatz

Showing 1 response by hueske

Although I agree with most of the above, according to standard crossover design, any frequencies effected by the capacitance of the cable would be (1/RC). If the capicitance of your one meter interconnects is a only a few picofarads (as it shouldn't be any higher), then that multiplied by the few ohms of resistance in a given length of copper is going to be astronomically high (10^8 Hz). So why does capacitance have anything to do with this. Also, if capacitance effects speed of propogation, where're talking about ridiculously small differences in time, which would make it impossible to detect any differences in transients. I do agree that cables sound different, but they can only make very small changes. Make your components sound good together first, then tweak with cables.