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My test was not like this, it used commercial cables. However, to disprove Reks statement "large capacitance differences, for instance, though never massively preferred, from a statistical standpoint" of course I'd choose a corner case, I'd be stupid not to, it's much easier that way.

anyways, my point was that I disagreed with the first statement quoted above. Still do. Large capacitance differences in my experience in a specific instance were "massively preferred". While the story will be claimed to be anecdotal at best, the cables in question were indeed commercial cables and the system wasn't rigged together to prove a point. A simple frequency plot proved the 7-0 or so bias and was attributed very clearly to capacitance differences.

no shit. Therefore, there are cables that can change the sound of a system. Phono cables are a very good example of this. Again, I could take ordinary components and build a system that would demonstrate this. In fact, I have done this very thing. Have you ever DBT a phono cable?

how large of capacitance difference do I get? Also, if the amplifier blows up with one of the two cables, then can we assume there is a difference (assuming the cable works, and the only difference is capacitance)? Also, read the link above. The math is simple and shows why there will definitely be a frequency response change in an analog system with difference cable capacitances.

in other words, yes I do. If I can pick the capacitance difference, that's trivial.

sure. I get to choose the setup and you can choose what you mean by "large differences in capacitance". My key ingredients are a turntable, two cartridges, a step-up transformer, and a 70dB+ gain phono stage with MM switch. In this case, the cable is from the tonearm to either the step-up then to the MM option on the preamp, or the the MC input of the phono stage directly. Basic circuit would be similar to the ones in the below link, which also give an explanation on why capacitance is important and what it does to the resulting loading of the cartridge. Of course, since you specified "large" I would exaggerate things using the combination off the above equipment and probably roll of around 10kHz at a 3dB point. It would be very obvious. Link: Hagerman Technology LLC: Cartridge Loading Second setup would involve a pair of electrostatic headphones and the cable test would be in the headphone cable position. Key ingredient is a shitty as hell amplifier. Ray's A10 would probably work quite nicely.

yup, I could guarantee it.

I dunno about this. I can give at least two examples where differences in capacitance are always massively preferred.

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Twisted Pear Audio widgets could be a dangerous first buy then, you may get stuck in a cycle. I second the notion to just go with Thrice's beauty.

Working a new Stax prototype using these:

yawn...

the competition to his current body butter vendor.

I have a Canon G9 and really enjoy it.

won't that get quite aromatic once it heats up?

The guy at the Toshiba plant must have been slacking on the 2SC2240s sorry the graphics are small... just squint, it's all decently legible.

Also, maybe you could substitute low dropout regulators, but I'd rather just use another trafo. Those are um, challenging to remove, as there are 8 pins on the trafo that have to all be heated up at once to remove them.

sure, find a transformer that has 110v primaries with the same PCB footprint and pinout as the Talema.

Smeggy, we all love you to death, and you have a precious item of mine in your creative powers, but this one's for you:

fun with reebuses? reebii? whatever the plural of rebus is.... a "romp of rebus" perhaps? anyone?

agreed. rear mount is the only way to go for XLR jacks.

nate, why not send them off to get stabilized then try and drill them? The resin impregnation is pretty cool and might be the ticket here.

this time of the year, I just use seasonal allergies as an attenuator.

The better AES/EBU solutions I've seen use transformers