Is there a list of cartridge capacitance?


My phono stage has various cap values, but I can't see the cap value of my cartridge(Clearaudio Talisman V2 Gold)anywhere in the literature from Clearaudio.

I do have the cap value for my tonearm cables,28pf/ft.

Has anyone found a list of cartridge capacitance that I can use to properly set the values on my phono stage?

Please,I've done enough experimenting, and the answer is there are numerous settings that "sound good", I would just like to confirm if what sounds good to my ears jives with what is prescribed to sound the best vis a vis the correct match up of capicitance between cartridge and tone arm wires.

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Showing 4 responses by rauliruegas

Dear friend: Your Talisman is a MC cartridge that is not affected by capacitance, you don't need to worry about. What you need to worry is about load impedance.

Usually MM/MI cartridges are the ones that needs an specific capacitance load, normaly a LOMC does not needs.

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.
Dear Dhl93449: Yes, of course are affected but in our each one system in normal MC set ups has no " effect " so why speaks of something that is useless for whom is asking? why create more " confusion " on people that are not an expert on the subject as you are.?

Now, please share with us any first hand experience with a LOMC ( the Talisman on thread subject is a LOMC not a HOMC. ) cartridge where you change capacitance with a change in the quality performance level of that cartridge. I tried several times changes on capacitance values with several LOMC cartridges with out " effect ". Of course inside the capacitance values that normaly permits any phono stage.

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.
Dear Almarg: Thank's to bring those links that I'm aware of.

A>s I posted, I made and have experiences changing capacitance with LOMC cartridges and I can't remember changes on quality level performance. I'm not saying that capacitance can't affect about but if you can't detect it all the theory could be only theory.
Of course that maybe my system has not enough resolution or my ears could be not good enough to distinguish that capacitance subject. Maybe you can do it but I don't know: could you share your experiernces about?, thank you in advance.

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.