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So i'm making some cables here i am wondering your theory on your cables and what kind of cables you use. rca, balanced, speaker, power. Did you make your own.
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Some surplus 15 conductor, round sheathed computer cable, all tied in parallel. Acts like "Litz" wire. Vastly superior 😎
Now as you have mentioned it, Jason... this is probably a good opportunity to ask wether someone can recommend a good technique of rewiring a tonearm to balanced outputs while keeping the signal passive without using transformers?
As for the interconnects, I moved to 'stage quality' or 'microphone' cable as for professional, ruggedized stage wiring. Comes in different materials and capacitances/inductances by differend manufacturers.
For a turntable, I don't see requirements other than those for microphone signals (low levels, funny impedances, sensitivity to microphony, sensitivity to EMI), so a good microphone cable (single/coaxial or twisted pair) just fits for me. I've tried 'Monitor' cables at one occasion. The good news is: they didn't behave worse than other cables, so there is at least one brand I can name... 😉
As for plugs, I'm currently not willing to use anything else than Neutrik (RCA or XLR in home audio), as one just doesn't get dissappointed by them over time. I actually like them for power and speaker connections too, wherever applicable.
To sum this up, I'm happy with professional grade microphone cable (any non-crappy make does sound neutral) with Neutrik RCA connectors (because they last and look good). This is not the cheapest way to go, but if I wanted to go cheaper than this, I could stick to a manufacturer's cable anyway (because there are sometimes very good preinstalled interconnects). 😉
But I'm still looking for a wiring to leave an unamplified tonearm with a symmetric signal...
Thanks,
Sebastian.
As for the interconnects, I moved to 'stage quality' or 'microphone' cable as for professional, ruggedized stage wiring. Comes in different materials and capacitances/inductances by differend manufacturers.
For a turntable, I don't see requirements other than those for microphone signals (low levels, funny impedances, sensitivity to microphony, sensitivity to EMI), so a good microphone cable (single/coaxial or twisted pair) just fits for me. I've tried 'Monitor' cables at one occasion. The good news is: they didn't behave worse than other cables, so there is at least one brand I can name... 😉
As for plugs, I'm currently not willing to use anything else than Neutrik (RCA or XLR in home audio), as one just doesn't get dissappointed by them over time. I actually like them for power and speaker connections too, wherever applicable.
To sum this up, I'm happy with professional grade microphone cable (any non-crappy make does sound neutral) with Neutrik RCA connectors (because they last and look good). This is not the cheapest way to go, but if I wanted to go cheaper than this, I could stick to a manufacturer's cable anyway (because there are sometimes very good preinstalled interconnects). 😉
But I'm still looking for a wiring to leave an unamplified tonearm with a symmetric signal...
Thanks,
Sebastian.
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