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Long XLR's: PAD Venustas versus Mogami

Does anyone have experience with changing a long Mogami interconnect with something like PAD Venustas? I'm wondering what the gains would be.

I'm currently auditioning PAD speaker cables (Proteus Provectus actually) and like them. I've read a lot about the PAD lineup, but don't know what the Mogami characteristics are (I don't have a 40' cable of something else to swap it with :-))

Thanks in advance.
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glai
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I run 5 meter pair of purist dominus (updated) in XLR and also have mogami. My einstein preamp have very low output imped for tube preamp. The Dominus sounds a lot better than Mogami. Mogami sounds opague with closed in treble and lacked detail. I also compared the Venustas in 2 meter config and they are better than Mogami as well. I was hoping the Mogami would equal the purist so I can save some cash. this was not the case.

I recently have great results with Cardas bulk tonearm cable (shielded). This equal many of themuch more expensive tone arm cable I tried from MSRP 500 to 4000.

I am itching to bulid a 5 meter XLR version of the bulk tonearm cable to serve as interconnect as it seems to have low capacitance. ANyone sees any problems with this concept.

Almarg- Oyaide is an interesting idea. PA 02 only has two connectors. Where does the ground goes in XLR, should I hook the ground to the shield?

What is the specifications in cap, ind, on PA 02?

Thanks
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glai
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Al,

THanks for the insight.

Unlike the BAt preamp, the einstein has output imped. 100ohm and it also does not rise at bass freq. According to the equation, I should be able to use cables of higher capacitance (Mogami) without audible roll off. In practise, the Mogami sounds quite rolled off. What other things do you think are at play there?
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