Capacitance Question


So I have a clearaudio maestro and performance turntable going into a simaudio lp5.3 preamp. The maestro wants a 100 pF load. The turntable has a 1.2m cable with a capacitance of 156pF. So that's about 177 or so. Am I correct that the 0pF setting in the lp5.3 is the way to go?

Why would clearaudio make a tonearm cable that could match the capacitance of their cartridges?
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Dan and Al

Thanks for your responses. I've seen a lot of conflicting information regarding capacitance.

What I find interesting is that Clearaudio will sell a cart that wants a 100pF load with a tonearm that has a cable with 177pF of capacitance. It seems you couldn't match the capacitance with the cart unless you cut and reterminated the tonearm cable.

It's probably not a big deal. I moved the jumpers in the lp5.3 from 100pF to 0pF so I should have 177pF going to the maestro. I'm not sure I hear a difference to be honest.