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Phono Cable Question

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steve:

--- Quote from: James Edward on February 14, 2020, 02:40:42 PM ---Just to further my own knowledge... A number of companies offer unshielded cables as a better sounding alternative. Did my problem occur because the phono signal is very low compared to CD, tuner, etc. I ask because I use the same cable for my CD player with no noise whatsoever.
If so, I would imagine low output MC cartridges require even more TLC in setup and wire dressing...

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Hi James,

I second Folsom's recommendation, you want a shielded cable.

---------------- For general consumption for all.

Although not part of the OP's question, obtain one with minimum capacitance if you can as the capacitance can affect the highs, even if the peak resonance is in the ultra sonic region. And if you eventually change to a Moving Magnet (MM) or Moving Iron (MI), then the cable capacitance will make a huge change in sonics.

With Moving Coil (MC), one is usually concerned more with the cartridge load resistor, although large cable capacitance differences can affect the sonics.

The below link will show the problem of peaks with different load resistances.

http://www.hagtech.com/loading.html

Cheers
steve

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