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Help me pick a great phono cable

Good people of Audiogon:

I'm ready to buy a phono cable for my vinyl front end, and I'd like some suggestions. Budget is no more than $1000.00, but preferably on the lower side. So far, I've used only cheap / no-name interconnects for this application, and now I'd like to make some improvements by upgrading. It's a VPI turntable, and so has the standard RCA connections. I'm thus looking for a phono cable with RCA terminations. Moving in the direction of better resolution, detail, and soundstage would be ideal.

Full system is listed here and includes Dynavector XX2 MKII cartridge -> VPI JMW 10.5i > VPI Aries 2 Black Knight turntable > McIntosh C2300 preamplifier (using its MC phono stage).

Ideas? Suggestions? Thanks for any thoughts on the subject.

Goheelz (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

07-07-12

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07-10-12 Audioquest niagra or harmonic technologies silver phono cabl ... Stevecham

07-10-12 In all the years i had 2 phonocables which survived all othe ... Syntax

07-10-12 I went through many highly regarded phono cables in my searc ... Go4vinyl

07-10-12 Furutech ag12 and silver audio silver breeze are both very g ... Wrm57

07-10-12 I tried the hovland groove glide 2, the cardas, and the syne ... Violin

07-10-12 Dh labs air matrix Jtwrace

07-10-12 You might want to look into the new phono cables by audience ... Domo

07-10-12 Hovland music groove 2. extremely well balanced and neutral ... Peterayer

07-10-12 Another vote for the hovland musicgroove2 Uru975

07-10-12 One of the best ways to improve your phono cable is to keep ... Dover

07-10-12: Mosin
I like Tel-Wire. They aren't flashy, but they are made with really good stuff. Best of all, they don't seem to color the sound.
Mosin (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

07-11-12 Goheelz, your question is actually tricky because only some ... Nandric

07-10-12 Hi lots of talk about this one in the uk forums. sounds like ... Electroresearch

07-11-12 I'll throw out 1 more great suggestion for you: cable resea ... Goldprintaudio

07-12-12 Fwiw, i owned for a mac c2300 for a while and used the cable ... Wrm57

08-04-12 Of the many phono cables i've had the synergisitic research ... Mrmitch

08-04-12 Another tweeky option. there is no better phono cable than ... Tubed1

08-06-12 If you were able to run balanced, you could get off of the c ... Atmasphere

08-06-12 Thanks to everyone who replied to my query about phono cable ... Goheelz

08-06-12 Every cable has its own sonic signature when connected. it ... Stringreen

08-07-12 Purist used. Ebm

08-07-12 Excellent choice on the ht silver, i've been enjoying mine ... Stevecham

08-07-12 the balanced line system was devised for the specific purpo ... Atmasphere