Long XLR's: PAD Venustas versus Mogami

Al,

THanks for the insight.

Unlike the BAt preamp, the einstein has output imped. 100ohm and it also does not rise at bass freq. According to the equation, I should be able to use cables of higher capacitance (Mogami) without audible roll off. In practise, the Mogami sounds quite rolled off. What other things do you think are at play there?

06-07-11: Glai
According to the equation, I should be able to use cables of higher capacitance (Mogami) without audible roll off. In practise, the Mogami sounds quite rolled off. What other things do you think are at play there?

Don't know. I'd just put it in the category of cable effects that are technically unexplainable.

If you had an unbalanced interface, I would have speculated that perhaps the Mogami's excellent noise rejection capabilities might be introducing less low level background noise onto the signal than the cable(s) you are comparing to, at upper treble or lower ultrasonic frequencies. I've read a number of times that very low level high frequency noise can subjectively be perceived as increased "air" and ambience. But I doubt that that kind of effect would be at play in the case of a balanced interface.

Best regards,
-- Al

In case anyone missed it...I recently had a bad (relatively) experience with some new 1 meter Mogami Neglex/Neutrik terminated balanced cables...they were surprisingly unlistenable in my system (Kavent S33, Forte' Model 55), and this is after using Mogami for mic cables for many years. Go figure. I suppose I should have waited for a "break-in" period but it was just too unbearable even for that...replaced 'em with Audioquest Diamondbacks and they are so much better I just bought a second pair to connect my DAC to the balanced pream inputs.