MOTM

while the subject has come up, i would like to share my experience with 
canare cable.

i have made dozens of cables for the modular, guitar cords, mic cables, 
phono cables, you name it, out of canare starquad and L2T2 (sp?) which is 
like a 2 wire version of the quad.  yes it is easy to hear a difference 
amongst different cables (especially when used as a guitar cord) and i 
racked my brain about this then finally figured it out with the help of the 
amazing jon risch. much of what's below is the result of our discussions.

his excellent findings are at http://members.nbci.com/Jon_Risch/

what happens is that diff cables have diff capacitance ratings per foot, as 
well as other meaningful specs of course. but the capacitance adds up over 
distance and creates a virtual capacitor, that when combined with the input 
impedance of the desination (amplifier etc) creates the R*C effect we know 
as the building block of a filter (HP, LP).

which explained to me why my friend's Monster guitar cable sounded bright, 
full & "flat" and and the one i made for him sounded 'toned down a bit' and 
the Spectraflex we tried sounded muddy.

so incidentally, there must be better cable out there for HiZ stuff like 
modular patch cords. (i am looking into this). the starquad excels as a 
balanced mic cable. for HiZ, look for a cable with a lower capactiance/foot 
spec to minimize the hi freq loss.

hope this helps.
mark scetta



At 11:22 AM 1/31/01 -0800, you wrote:


>elhardt@... wrote:
>
> > (1) I ordered samples of Gotham DGS-1 audio cable from Mouser along 
> time ago.
> >  When it came time for me to order a bunch, they told me they are no longer
> > carrying it in Blue.  Now I'm screwed.  Is there another source for Gotham
> > cable in the US?  I would also be interested in other companies that make
> > colored audio cable.  I never could find USA cable on the internet that
> > somebody once mentioned (I think what Wacky Kavoky uses).
> >
>I use Canare cable. It is available in red, blue, black, and somewhat
>harder
>to find, yellow. Very good quality, and yes I can hear a difference when used
>with guitar (and no I'm not an audiophile that spends thousands on directional
>speaker wire). Very good feel also. I used Canare cable and Neutrik connectors
>for my MOTM cables, color coded for length (18" Black, 30" Blue, 42" Red).