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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.
atsmusic
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atsmusic OP
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yes Vett93 it is 100k ohms.
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atsmusic OP
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Vett93 then why does companies like MIT for example have the choice of different impedances on their cables?
narrod
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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.
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atsmusic OP
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does anyone have an answer? I get the feeling I am not the only one that doesn't understand this.
vett93
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Sorry, I have never used MIT cables. It seems that you don't have impedance problems if your amp's input impedance is 100K ohms.
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