Fap and Albert, the cartridge is the Clearaudio Insider Ref Wood, .6 mV out put and is MC type. The spec /measurement form Clearaudio says 36 ohm cart (imp?). The phono unit is Zanden 1200 and am using the high input impedence ( 40 ohm) inputs of the phono unit and works great with ~ 1.2 m length of std phono cable length. From what you say there is a good chance longer length may work without any degradation with this set up. I intend to have a custom 4m cable made of exactly the same as my current cable that is attached to my Clearaudio Master Ref TT set up, so i think it may be worth a try. Unfortunately, since this is custom cable and actually Clearaudio will be doing a favor to me, it would be a final sale and I will be stuck with it if it does not work... I still have couple of days to decide so more inputs are welcome.
Phono Cable optimal vs max length?
I have a cartridge what is termed as a high out put cartridge. Due to the size of my TT, it has to be away (in one of the optimal, from available space point view, set up I am considering) from phono pre and preamp.
I have always 'heard and read' optimum length of a phono cable to be 1.2 m. Hace looked in to archives and encountered few satisfied customers with longer phono cable- 3 to 4m.
Have you experienced any signal quality degradation going from 1.2 m to say 2 to 4 m length? What area in performance degradation one can expect? Any positive or negative experiences would help me decide to order that long phono cable or not.
TIA.
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I have always 'heard and read' optimum length of a phono cable to be 1.2 m. Hace looked in to archives and encountered few satisfied customers with longer phono cable- 3 to 4m.
Have you experienced any signal quality degradation going from 1.2 m to say 2 to 4 m length? What area in performance degradation one can expect? Any positive or negative experiences would help me decide to order that long phono cable or not.
TIA.
Nil