Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!princeton!allegra!alice!ark
From: ark@alice.UUCP
Newsgroups: rec.audio,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: INTERCONNECTS
Message-ID: <6826@alice.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 23-Apr-87 08:50:57 EST
Article-I.D.: alice.6826
Posted: Thu Apr 23 08:50:57 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 25-Apr-87 05:23:09 EST
References: <18511@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Liberty Corner NJ
Lines: 13
Xref: utgpu rec.audio:1183 sci.electronics:530

In article <18511@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, bks@oz.berkeley.edu.UUCP writes:
-> yesterday, because i planned to do some rewiring in my preamp to solve
-> a hum problem, i also replaced the cable which connects my record
-> player to the preamp.  the difference which resulted from this change
-> is quite obvious; it now seems that the original cable was a low-pass
-> filter.  for instance, cymbal kinds of sound have more detail to them;
-> continuo harsichord attacks are much sharper; overall dynamic range at
-> least seems to be superior.

There is no doubt that cables can make a substantial differenct
BETWEEN THE PHONO CARTRIDGE AND THE PREAMP.  You are dealing,
after all, with a 47K impedance on one end and a reactive
source at the other.  Cable capacitance is the crucial factor.