[Harp-L] Cable capacitance

["John F. Potts" <hvyj@xxxxxxx>]

On someone's recommendation, I bought a Mogami XLR stage cable,  I  
tried it and the highs and clarity were terrific.  But the bass and  
mids were not as good as the Peavy mic cable I have been using.  The  
sound of my old Peavy XLR cable was audibly "thicker" and fuller-- 
although not quite as clear--and sounded better for harp. (No, it's  
not just my imagination, the difference was so dramatic that I would  
have had to readjust the tone controls if i was going to use the  
Mogami.)

So, i started searching around on the web and found that some people  
say low capacitance cable (like Mogami) has better high end and  
clarity but less bass response.  Then there was one site where there  
were some graphs which claims that there is a midrange gain boost  
from higher capacitance cable, which seems to pretty accurately  
describe the difference i was hearing.  Here's that URL: http:// 
www.aqdi.com/cablecap.htm

Anyone know enough about cable capacitance to explain it's effect on  
tone other than better treble response and clarity?  I'm talking  
about XLR cables used with lo-z PA style mics (which is what i play  
through).  Just curious....

JP