Where's the key on the tonearm connector?

[Bamalama]

Hello there.

I bought a fancypants (for me) tonearm cable, and it doesn't have any key indicating how to plug it in. I'm reduced to spinning it around to where it kinda feels like its maybe in the right position but it's a hard push and I'm thinking that I'm gonna break the connector in the tonearm and that would be bad.

But I have the original commodity cable, and it has a rib molded into it on the side of the they-call-it-a-DIN-connector-but-its-not-really-a-DIN-connector-that's-something-else where the gap is in the ring of contacts.

I also observe that the set screw for the contact block in the they-call-it-a-DIN-connector-but-its-not-really-a-DIN-connector-that's-something-else fancypants cable is kinda where the molded rib is on the Brand X cable.

Which suggests that someone intended that the set screw should be sticking out in order to provide a key.

Am I on to something here?

 

[vinylkid58]

Ok, so what arm is it? Can you post any pics?

I've got a crappy old Linn cable here, and it definitely has a key, but it's only meant for Linn arms.

jeff

 

[rayma]

Are the pins arranged asymmetrically?

 

[Hearinspace]

What's the cable? What's the tonearm? Names and links?

 

[vinylkid58]

Are the pins arranged asymmetrically?

Yes. All these din tonearm connectors appear to be the same, some with a key and some without.

 

[rayma]

Then you don't need a key, since it will only fit one way.

 

[vinylkid58]

That's right.

jeff