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Auditorium 23 phono cable for tonearm base to preamplifier connection ?

Is anyone using Auditorium 23 phono cable for their tonearm and if so do you find it as open, and musically rich in this part of the system as for A23 inter-connect ? I am looking for cable with a 5 pin female plug to connect with the tonearm base and RCA phono plugs opposite. I use Auditorium 23 IC and speaker cable in a system that sounds very good with copper, but tips toward lean and unsatisfying with silver. If there are no users of A23 phono tonearm cable, which made up pure copper (no silver) phono cable do you enjoy that will relay spatial magic, air and weight from LP grooves?
psf4972
psf4972 OP
46 posts
 
well, now I know the A23 tonearm cable is fantastic; open, musical colour. so right for high output magnetic cartridge into valves and full range single driver horn loudspeakers
antigrunge2
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Glad you like it, it really is top notch
psf4972 OP
46 posts
 
I was glad to have your note back in December. I am toying with removing the RCA plugs and hard wiring A23 phono cable directly to my valve phono stage, bypassing preamp RCA phono sockets and wire connection to the stage. I did this with previously used Triplanar Cardas arm cable and gained still more direct force of sound. It follows this would be the case for A23 cable too. Can you think of a reason not to do this ? 
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jond
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The only reason not to do that would be the inconvenience if you wanted to change cables at some point. If you're confident A23 is your last phono cable then go for it.
antigrunge2
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May I suggest you try Acoustic Revive ECI-50 contact enhancer on the existing plugs and sockets before going to irreversible surgery?This stuff is not easy to find, but absolutely incredible in its impact.
Use on cartridge pins, RCAs, power cable and speaker wires as well as digital connections. Also useful at the junction box.
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