2. cables
  3. 1212441176

Help with cable choice please?

MY preamp has a 850ohm output impedance and my amp has a 100ohm input impedance. My CD player is a Marantz SA-11S1 ( I could not find what the output impedance was on this one (anyone know?) What impedance interconnect cables would be best for this setup? I really am having a hard time grasping this even though I searched and read allot about it.
128x128atsmusic
vett93
205 posts
 
I think your amp's input impedance should be much higher than 100ohms. 10K-100K ohms sounds about right.

The resistance of an interconnect cable does not impact much, if anything at all.
atsmusic's avatar
atsmusic OP
16 posts
 
yes Vett93 it is 100k ohms.
atsmusic's avatar
atsmusic OP
16 posts
 
Vett93 then why does companies like MIT for example have the choice of different impedances on their cables?
narrod
1,064 posts
 
You are making this too complicated. In rare cases there can be major impedemce mismatches between amps and preamps but normally it is not an issue. It is even less of an issue with source components connected to a preamp. In thirty years I've never had a problem caused by an interconnect's impedence.
atsmusic's avatar
atsmusic OP
16 posts
 
does anyone have an answer? I get the feeling I am not the only one that doesn't understand this.
More to discover