Willie,
In general I agree with your statements regarding low capacitance, however the numbers you quote appear to me as very low, are you sure that they are not pF/ft and not meters? I checked the Van den Hul site and they list the d102 as having a capacitance of 61.5 pF/m core to core, which to me seems more inline.
With a combination of Cardas 33awg litz inside the tonearm and the Mogami w2549 Interconnect I am estimating between 100 to 125 pF total. This is arrived at by adding the core to core and core to shield capacitances. Note that VdH only lists the core to core figure.
125pF should be more than sufficient for my current HOMC cartridge and for almost any other cartridge I decide to use in the future.
In general I agree with your statements regarding low capacitance, however the numbers you quote appear to me as very low, are you sure that they are not pF/ft and not meters? I checked the Van den Hul site and they list the d102 as having a capacitance of 61.5 pF/m core to core, which to me seems more inline.
With a combination of Cardas 33awg litz inside the tonearm and the Mogami w2549 Interconnect I am estimating between 100 to 125 pF total. This is arrived at by adding the core to core and core to shield capacitances. Note that VdH only lists the core to core figure.
125pF should be more than sufficient for my current HOMC cartridge and for almost any other cartridge I decide to use in the future.