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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

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ignatz OP
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Maybe since I managed to double post this I should amend my comments above to read I am "stupid and clueless"
ignatz OP
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Thanks to everyone for your responses. I continue to be impressed by the amount of information available on this forum.I now think I have a general understanding of capacitance, which leads me to a further question. Wouldn't the effect of a high capacitance cable on sound have a lot to do with the output impedance of the preamp and the relationship between output impedance of the preamp and input impedance of the amp? Thinking of the pipe example wouldn't a preamp with a realtively low "push" coupled with an amp that has relatively high resistaqnce to that push exacerbate capacitance problems w/ a cable?
ignatz OP
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Once again. I appreciate the info. However two things to think about when talking about these issues. 1)the interconnects in question are silver 2) due to the cable construction which is strands (162 I think) wrapped around the exterior of a tube the lengths of the strands are a multiple of the 1.5m length of the interconnect.
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