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Long cables from turntable or phono stage

Hi I have a question that involves a compromise. I have a turntable that (for various reasons) has to be positioned a little distance from the hifi, about 4m of cable. Would it be better to connect the turntable (transcriptors hydraulic reference, ADC XLM ii) to the phono stage (moon 110LP) then run long singled ended cable to the amplifier or should I run long extension cable from the turntable to the phono stage and use a short interconnect from the phono stage to the amplifier? For visual reasons the latter is better. Any thoughts?
(Amp is plinius tautoro/SA103, speakers confidence C1 Dynaudio, tautoro is the line stage only version).
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tgrisham
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I agree with all the opinions expresses so far. I have my TT far away from the system pre amp as you do. It is acoustically isolated from the loudspeakers.

My only advice is to use an RS meter and find a place with the least bass nodes and to use shielded ICs from the phono preamp to the system preamp. I use Blue Jeans cables LC-1 which is very low capacitance and is double shielded to eliminate outside interference. It has very solid crimped connectors and is well made.
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