Silver v Copper wire phono cable
Getting ready to order new tonearm, have option for either copper or silver continuous phono cable from cartridge to preamp. without the opportunity to compare personally, I would like to hear how others would chose....my system is shown on this site...thank you
J
@rauliruegas , what about his system requires silver tonearm wire? Anybody interested in what tonearm the OP is getting? @jw944ts , What are you getting? Hopefully good solid bearings this time? If so the tonearm will make much more of a difference than the wire. The one you have is....problematic to say the least. A Kuzma 4 Point nine would be nice or a Reed 2G if the Oracle can take the weight. A Schroder CB would be perrrrfect. I use one a Sota. An SME if you can get one. |
Dear @mijostyn : No, it's not that his systemrequires silvertonearm wire. What I'm trying to say is that his system is a good quality one and if he decided for silver the system improvement will be higher than with cooper wire and the 3P tonearm is a good choice too.
R. |
@rauliruegas , that is a bit different but, I get your point. @jw944ts , The 3P is the glamourous arm but the 2G is a better design. It has a much better bearing topology. The problem for you is going to be the weight. Your suspension can only take so much mass back there. With the VTA gauge it might be too heavy. You best check the specs of your turntable carefully before you jump. I would call Oracle and make sure they are compatible. |
@mijostyn @rauliruegas …thank you for your thoughts….you both sound more knowledgeable than I regarding the Reed arms. The 3P is not the one with the laser contraption, so I do not imagine it is massively larger than the 2G….may I ask you to expand on your thoughts about the bearing difference? Is this thought of yours based on experience with the different arms or simply theoretical? Further thoughts from you would be greatly appreciated! thanks and happy holiday j |
