How do I choose a tonearm cable?

what specific length do you need?

you need to check the location of the arm's din connector, especially if it is recessed within your tonearm’s post.

many are male, close to the end of the tube: a typical female din connector with a shoulder/wider portion, or even a right angle connector will work

I showed a long narrow version without a shoulder in my initial post above, they are harder to find.

I checked, in 2019 Pine Tree Audio charged me $150 for my 8 lf custom braided phono cable with long neck female din connector (I gave them the source) to rca with ground

Blue Jeans web site shows the shoulder type, straight or angled, you would need to write them if you need a long narrow variety.

The adapter, din to rca has an even shorter neck, and this version is male, you probably need female

It sounds like all you need is a longer version of what you have from Blue Jeans

It appears that the 5 pin male din connector is near the bottom of your arm's tube.

If your existing cable's 5 pin female connector is a typical shoulder type, then any straight typical 5 pin din connector will work.

The cutout for the arm post/arm board: if it is a partial depth cutout, the bottom of the post recessed above the underside of the thicker plinth, there has to be clearance for a right angle connector/cable exit, if not needed, I would avoid it. Also, you never know a future cable's use.

The BJC isn't worthy of your tt... OP 

...having said that, I chose many of tonearm cables by trying them out.

 

roadcykler

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01-14-2026 at 09:49pm 

If 12 or 10 gauge wire is good for speaker wire, it’s good for any connection. Of course, no matter the wire, there’s no objective difference in the sound
 

Is this an Artificial Intelligence or Organic Stupidity talking? Is this user a bot? Better be. No one should be this dumb.