Spatialking...Thanks for the response. The way I understand it, inductive impedance goes up with frequency, so high inductive cables may cause HF roll off. Capacitive impedance decreases with frequency, so high capacitance cables my present dangerously low impedance to amplifiers at high (> audio frequency perhaps) frequency. Since the measured capacitance of the ML is already 10 uF, I'm thinking a little more capacitance may not adversely affect my Pass amplifier. Dynamic speakers, especially multi-way, will present a (maybe) much more complex impedance. It seems most are dominated by resonant frequency of woofer.
Speaker cables for Martin Logan Montis
I am going to upgrade my speaker cables. I have ML Montis driven by Pass INT-150. Looking at the available literature (Roger Sanders, etc), it looks like low inductance at the expense of higher capacitance cables are the way to go. Checking the impedance curve of Montis from Stereophile review shows the capacitance of the panel is a whopping 10 uF. So even a few nF / foot should not present a problem right now I am looking at Mogami W3082 coax (120 nH / ft, 77 pF / ft) or Goertz MI 2 (6 nH / ft, 950 pF / ft). The Goertz has 20 times less inductance and 12 time more capacitance (expected based on the geometry). For an 8 ft run 7600 pF seems a lot of capacitance, but not I suppose with 10 uF panel connected to it. What do you all think? Anyone ever tried either of these?