Can good IC's be used instead of dedicated phono's


I would like to change the el cheapo cabling on my turntable.

I do own some pretty transparent signature 2 XLO interconnects that I no longer use.

Do I really need to get dedicated phono cables ?
sonicbeauty

Showing 1 response by jjrenman

Dedicated phono cables, besides having a separate chassis ground, are usually much lower capacitance than line level cables. The XLO site shows a distinctly different cable for their phono. My guess is that there is less wire (higher gauge) to keep the capacitance down.

None the less, it does not hurt to try it. You may have to change the capacitance setting though.