Seriously, if a cable can carry a signal for over a thousand miles without harm, what's a meter or two here and there?
Imagine the mileage of cabling they use to use in recording studios during the so- called golden age.
If Nat King Cole, Sinatra, Peggy Lee can sound that good 70 years ago under those conditions then its absolutely pointless to worry.
The OP is right to spend his money carefully on cables because no system ever built can yet improve on the original recordings. At any price.
Sometimes remastering from original sources can remove the smear imposed by too much mixing down / or by mastering from worn tapes.
Regarding the isolation of your turntable you should try to enhance the decks ability to prevent outside resonance from interfering with the tracking. Hopefully, if its not a budget deck, the designer has already done most of the work for you.
Imagine the mileage of cabling they use to use in recording studios during the so- called golden age.
If Nat King Cole, Sinatra, Peggy Lee can sound that good 70 years ago under those conditions then its absolutely pointless to worry.
The OP is right to spend his money carefully on cables because no system ever built can yet improve on the original recordings. At any price.
Sometimes remastering from original sources can remove the smear imposed by too much mixing down / or by mastering from worn tapes.
Regarding the isolation of your turntable you should try to enhance the decks ability to prevent outside resonance from interfering with the tracking. Hopefully, if its not a budget deck, the designer has already done most of the work for you.