Klotz audio interface systems

The Naked Truth about Guitar Cables

• A guitar cable IS a capacitor. (By definition, because a capacitor is two conductors separated by a non-conductor).
• All guitar cables have a capacitance - which can easily be measured with a capacitance meter. This measurement is scientific and can be consistently repeated with the same result.
• The more capacitance a cable has, the more capacitive reactance.
• Capacitive reactance is what kills tone in a high impedance signal such as a guitar signal. It causes loss of signal, garbling of definition, lack of clarity and diffused bottom-end.
• AC signal (your guitar signal) sees capacitive reactance as a short circuit across the pickup. The more reactance, the more the signal is shorted out.

Klotz Cables sound better than other cables.

Klotz has the lowest capacitance and therefore the lowest capacitive reactance of any other guitar cable. More of what your guitar has to offer makes it to the amp. That is why the Klotz has much more sustain and clarity than other cables. The bottom end is more focused, the signal is louder and the top-end is clearer. A simple AB test with any other giutar cable will easily prove this. It is not a close call, the test will take only a few seconds and it will be over in favor of the Klotz. your tone-deaf sister-in-law will easily be able to tell the difference just by listening.

Numbers Don't Lie

Those other companies can put all the gold end connectors and buy all the color ads they want, but there is no getting around the fact that their cables simply have too much capacitance to get perfect signal transfer. Not only that, but those other high-end brands are overpriced. Klotz cables start at only $59.99. They will consistently outperform cables costing ten times the price. Here are some actual measurements comparing the Klotz Guitar cable and Klotz microphone cable to other popular brands:

• Klotz: Shield to signal, 28 pF/ft; signal to signal, 15 pF/ft.
• Canare L-4E6S: Shield to signal, 58 pF/ft; signal to signal, 40 pF/ft.
• Belden 8402: Shield to signal, 60 pF/ft; signal to signal, 35 pF/ft.
• Klotz 20`: 410 pF (20.5 pf/ft)
• Monster Bass 21`: 860 pF (40.9 pf/ft)
• Monster Rock 21`: 870 pF (41.4 pf/ft)
• Monster Jazz 21': 1330 pF (63.3 pf/ft)

"The top ranked Klotz guitar cable rates a 10 out of 10 in this comparison. Its lack of coloration and almost complete neutrality set it apart inthe test. The Klotz also behaves well physically by coiling easily and connecting solidly to the guitar and amp. Those of you accustomed to using free guitar cables or those under $10 will think that I`m crazy to think of a $79.99, twenty-foot Klotz as a best buy, but I`ll be ordering one as soon as I finish writing this comparison. It will now become my reference of how a guitar cable should sound and perform." - Just Jazz Guitar Magazine. August 2003 in a high-end guitar cable test and shootout.

"I have used my Klotz cable in the studio and live all over the world. It is the most dependable and greatest sound cable I have ever used." - Will Owsley (Owsley) Grammy nominated, Warner Brothers records recording artist, producer/engineer, songwriter and guitar virtuoso. www.owsleymusic.com

"I use Klotz cables exclusively on stage and in my state of the art Studio because I'm convinced: they are the best!" - Ricky Lawson Grammy Award winning composer, producer, arranger, songwriter and the Proprietor of the AAHSUM LAWSON high-end studio in Los Angeles, Drummer to the super stars e.g. Eric Clapton, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Madonna, Phil Collins, Lionel Richie, Steely Dan, Babyface, George Benson, Bette Midler, Quincy Jones, Toni Braxton, Al Jarreau, R. Kelly, Robben Ford and many more.

Onstage and in the studio, T.M. Stevens plays Klotz cable. T.M. Stevens has done recordings, concerts and/or videos with: Steve Vai, John McLaughlin, Miles Davis, James Brown, Tina Turner, Joe Cocker, Whitney Houston, Al DiMeola, Billy Joel, Little Richard and many more.

Capacitance

One significant feature of audio cables is 'capacitance'. Capacitance in a cable can be compared to holes in a hose pipe. When you water the lawn, most of the liquid comes out of the end of the hose as it should, but some leaks out of the hose, along its length, into the ground. In the cable, some of the electricity in the signal conductor can leak through to the screen, which is of course connected to electrical ground. It is always the high frequencies that are first to get through, so if you had a long cable of high conductor to screen capacitance, you could expect to get a dull sound. There is also capacitance from conductor to conductor which has precisely the same effect. These two characteristics are measurable and must be included in the specification of a cable. Reasonably low capacitance is obviously desirable. Cables also possess electrical resistance and inductance, but these don't really have too much significance in the lengths of cable typically used in a home studio. If you were laying a transatlantic telephone cable the situation would be different.