Recommended interconnect phono to preamp

1.5M appears to be a magic number for some, it is also recommended by some of the digital cable companies. On the face of it shorter should be better but as I have not [ and will not, short of being granted immortality] taken the time to exhaustively compare different length cables of identical construction I have no idea if there is anything in it. George Cardas said on his forum that he did not think 1.5 was necessary but to avoid 24" to 30" ones, I forget why. With TT use cartridge loading by varying amounts of capacitance is involved but the whole question is quite murky with respected designers holding opposing views.

I use Anti-Cables from my VPI to my Ayre preamp...excellent

I tried a bunch, and ended up with VPI cable, it sounds great. I have recently switched to a Graham Slee made cable to match the connections to my Graham Slee Elevator step up transformer, and these have been wonderful as well.

I would suggest the VPI cables first, great cable regardless of price, and they are not expensive.

I bought some 28ga cotton-insulated silver wire, a Cardas DIN plug, and in my case some Neutrik XLRs (you might want male RCA plugs), from M Percy and made my own IC, for a net investment of around $100. Percy also sells the braided shield and heat shrink you might want. This is for use in what I consider to be a high end system and sounds fabulous.

I'm another VdH user. Mine is the Integration. I've used it on both an LP12 and my current LT-30