RCA Phono Interconnect Under $400
I'm on the hunt for a 1 meter RCA phono interconnect to link my soon-to-arrive refurbished Sota Sapphire to a Jolida JD-9 phono stage. The turntable will have a Hana cartridge and Rega 330 tone arm. My budget is under $400. What's the consensus for cables out there?
Thanks,
John Cotner
New Ulm, MN
when I bought my long tonearm, the maker essentially insisted I buy this Ortofon
I did, but frankly I do not hear any difference comparing several, including inexpensive one, Acos Lustre's OEM or Custom Pine Tree cable I had made. I would say, buy from a source that accepts returns, try, keep or return. |
I changed my interconnects to Locking RCA connectors these, or others
If you cannot find ready made, you could have Pine Tree make you a cable: rca/rca/ground/locking connectors, your desired length.
I bought two of these 3 wire Component Video Cables, got 3 pairs of locking and each pair it’s connector’s a different color.
As others have said, buy a separate, or get a spool of green coated wire and make a separate ground wire with crimped spades.
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lewm12,126 posts "Just to point out that the video cables almost certainly do not have separate and equal conductors for audio hot and audio ground. In my experience that makes a difference. In cheap 75 ohm video cables, most likely audio ground is carried on the shield which therefore must be connected at both ends."
well, they are quite inexpensive, but not ’cheap’, see the specs, since HDMI hardly anyone uses them, thus low prices. I don’t understand technical issues, just that they sound as good as anything else I have, and quite secure, my goal, and the added benefit of color coding. I had Audio Classics build me a nice set of interconnects when they renewed my McIntosh mx110z preamp. I compare other cables to them, some silver ones I have, .... IF not as good, I throw them out. Friends bring their ’special’ cables here. Almost everything sounds the same to us. Given that, it’s the features that make a difference, i.e. locking/colors
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