Tonearm cable recommendations...

Thanks for your input - appreciated!

I read a review in Stereophile comparing tonearm cables and am now interested in Synergistic Research Tricon and Hovland new Music Groove 2 (very hard to find info on these - are these still available)...comments please...

I'm also looking for a tonearm cable for my SME V. What I am trying to do is, choose a cable specifically designed for tonearm use. I believe not all the cables ended DIN at one side are tonearm cables. I'm not knowledgeable about that topics, inductance, load etc all seem alien to me but, I believe even MM signals and MC signals should handled differently (please correct me if I'm wrong). So when I don't see any tiny bit of information at manufacturer homepages, I tend to eliminate that one.

From what I read Silver Breeze and Hovland are tonearm specific manufacturers. Furutech AG-12 also seem to be another one. I trust Cardas line, but can not see an information either.

The Silver Breeze is a great phono cable investment for the price, especially, if you want to upgrade to something without breaking the bank, relatively speaking. I have had great audio results with the Silver Breeze. In addition, I know that if I ever wanted to upgrade to something else, I could sell it pretty easily.

Lot's of information regarding the Silver Breeze and the Hovland Music Groove, which sadly, are out of production, but are less expensive if you could find them used. I am using the Silver Breeze on an SME V so your results might vary.

I have the tyr, discovery and WSS. Tyr used is about $500-600. Discovery is a great cable especially for price approx $400. WSS Kable from germany also excellent as well. They all sound slightly different but not one is drastically superior to another. I did a little shootout and got a bunch of phono cables together up to $4k retail. They all sound a little different but price did not correlate with performance. Some are better shielded. Some are different in capacitance thus require adjustment in loading.

Mørch recommends the TCI Viper which he thinks sounds best of all the cables he has heard. I agree (and it is not terribly expensive, particularly if you make ti yourself).