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Why is high capacitance good?

Hello- I was looking into Cardas speaker cables, and couldn't help to notice as you go up the line---the dramatic increase in capacitance in his speaker cables (450/ft on the top of the line). I believe MIT and those guys crank up capacitance as well.

Is this why cables can sound "warm" (the Cardas mojo)? Most of the reading on the web says capacitance should be at a pretty moderate level.

Cheers,

KeithR
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dan_ed
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Well, you certainly don't want higher capacitance with longer cable runs. Higher cable capacitance will make the load values on either end more critical to proper matching. This is why folks recommend as low a capacitance as possible with long cable runs.

I find that the cables I've tried with high capacitance usually sound warm, bloated and slow. However, I'm sure that there are systems where these cables work.
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