How do I choose a tonearm cable?


I’ve been pulling my system together for several months and discovered that I need a DIN to RCA tonearm cable that’s longer than the one I have.  After trying to wrap my head around the myriad of options and reading head-spinning technical threads, I’m no closer to making a selection.  

Pricing runs the gamut.  I want to make a good decision, but I’m unwilling sell blood or stand on corners to pay for a piece of wire (besides, I’ve been spending all my money on albums that I can’t yet play).   

My system has been down for months with the amps being converted from stereo to monoblocks and new caps, fighting gremlins in my preamp (which died and has been replaced), added a power conditioner, and a phono stage that’s a stepping stone until get my endgame component.  

I want to get this tonearm cable figured out.  As it stands, I have a Blue Jean Cable cable coming off my Feickert Volare 25 with Hana ML and Auris 10 tonearm but I don’t know if the BJC is good, bad or otherwise.  I highly suspect that I can do better.

Looking for advice.  Thoughts?

patrickalston

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.

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

 

roadcykler

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

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