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Old 15th Oct 2017, 11:17 am   #160
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Default Re: Audiophoolery. 'Cable Break In' - I never knew that!

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Originally Posted by stuarth View Post
Back in the day, I wasn't aware that the capacitance of the 4-way audio cables was specified on the packaging. And even if it was, would folk appreciate the benefit of the low capacitance, or could smart marketing (or "experts") convince people that more is better, "more capacitance to handle the complexities of the music" or some such baseless claim.

I once read a review of a CD player in what I thought was a respectable magazine which made the claim that this particular player had cleaner bass because in had a die cast chassis....

Stuart
When I made up the cabling for MP3/CD to a valve amplifier I put the loading resistors for the 30 ohm in the jack plugs at the amplifier end of the cable. It is common practice to match a cable run at the destination.

If the CD player has to have a cast chassis then the amplifier also needs a cast chassis.
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