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Suggestions for good shielded interconnects?

All, I need a pair of RCA interconnects for my phono stage and I would like them to be a shielded design. I was told by some that shielded cable has higher capacitance and some manufacturers decided to do without shielding at all.

Nevertheless, I hope someone can make some suggestions for a good pair of shielded IC. Budget is < $500, and I don't mind buying used.

Thanks for helping
VZ
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seasoned
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Although many interconnects are not shielded and will work in most situations, this does not apply to the phono interconnect that runs between the tonearm and the phono preamp - in general, that connection must be shielded. Is it the cable running from the tonearm to the phono stage or from the phono stage to the main system preamp? If your query relates to the former, then I suggest a phono cable from VPI - I have one and it works wonderfully (I have tried many, the VPI yields the lowest noise and sounds excellent).
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seasoned
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VZ,

I also have a VPI (superscoutmaster/JMW9) and that table also uses RCA end-to-end. So, the VPI cable should work excellently for you as well. If you buy it from Music Direct, they have a good return policy, should you decide it is not right for your setup.
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