GroverHuffman.com made silver very low capacitance phono cables 20 years ago for $75. Mr Record, Robert Pincus (IMPEX, swears by them). No, they are not the end all SOTA cables but they have a mid-range sound that is excellent, good bass and treble extension, open and detail sounding. Contact him for a pair under $150 (although he would try to persuade someone to purchase this superior phono-cables). I bought his cables 20 years ago and was satisfied with them then and consider them a bargain for how good they sound today (I've got the Pharoahs now at $750-see his site for the Empress description at half that price).
Phono cable advice.
What are some good phono cable options for around $150ish and under? So far I’m looking at BJ LC-1 and Zu Audio Mission cables. This would be for between my Pro-Ject Debut Carbon DC Esprit and most likely (still looking) a MoFi StudioPhono preamp. I have an extra pair of Kimber Silver Streak cables but they don’t look insulated well enough. I’ll be running DH Labs Air Matrix from my preamp to KEF LS50 Wireless speakers. I’d like something I can grow out a little with as I incrementally upgrade things. Stylus (Blue 2M?) is probably next.
Thanks for any input.
Thanks for any input.
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By knowing the capacitance per foot, you can incorporate the total number of pF’s into your calculation of the capacitance load on the cartridge. I do not have to go crazy to do any calculation; I always just search the phono cable with the lowest capacity per meter; to all this we think the Xono and Pioneer C21 to offer me the necessary settings available to compensate for the lack of pF. |
best-groove, Please compare my comment that you quoted to your comment. I hope you'll see we are in complete agreement with respect to the desired endpoint, which is to know approximately how much capacitance your phono cable adds. Without knowing that, you cannot dial in the remainder of the recommended total, using your phono stage(s). Going crazy is not necessary, I agree. |
@asahitoro, and you other good folk here, I ended up buying 2 pair of Amadi Maddi Signature .75 meter interconnects made by Philip Amadi with KLE Innovations Copper Harmony RCA plugs. And they sound amazing right out of the box even without full burn in. It will take me about 2 months to burn them in as I don’t have a cable burner and I will write a separate review then. @asahitoro, if I’d have known you were looking for a ’giant killer’ phono preamp I would’ve recommended a Parks Audio Puffin at $399 from Shannon Parks. Thanks guys for all your suggestions. |
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