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EAR 834 - Capacitance

Hello Group !

I am wondering if I am overthinking or if someone has looked into the capacitance of the loading for the MM cartridge.

I am only counting the capacitance of the Turntable cables - 20pF plus the interconnect cables which are 260pF.

The MM cart I am using calls for 200pF - 400pF which is a Alpha Ortofon but previously I was using the

Audio Technica VM540ML but it started sounding a bit to shrill on the highs. The AT carts call for 100-200 pF.

Do I need to count any loading given by the EAR 834 ? and if so, has anyone figured this number yet ? I have looked on forums on how much this Clone model load for the input to add it to the total capacitance but I really haven't seen anything.

If anyone has experience with this I would appreciate any input.

Thank you

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Skunkie

Aug 18

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There is none added, the loading is set by the cables as you noted. I see all these pre-amps with dip switches to add capacitance and almost no modern carts need anything more than what the cables provide and honestly, you have to be careful as many cables will over load the cart due to their high capacitance!

Skunkie

Aug 18

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I did find some shorter world's best cables that were made with some sort of special low capacitance wire. That worked good, but yeah just normal. RCA cables are usually way too high. Capacitance.