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tube amps/low capacitance cables?

The owner's manual for my 35w p/p tube amp recommends low capacitance speaker cables - but, it doesn't say why. On my two way monitors, I've been using TG Audio HSR silver cables which had been delivering authoritative bass in my former SS amp set-up. But, with the tube amp, the bass is now very weak. So, I'm assuming that these HSR cables are high capacitance, low inductance. I swapped in a pair of Speltz non-twisted anti-cables(low capacitance) and the bass returned. Since assuming can be a dangerous thing, can anyone elaborate about low capacitance cables working better (or not) with tube amps?
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atmasphere
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Whatever the deal is causing the lack of bass with that cable, its not capacitance. Length, cross sectional area and the characteristic impedance are more likely variables.

By decreasing the 'damping factor' the bass would actually increase, although there may be less definition.
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