CUTTING DOWN A TONEARM CABLE


Is there any reason why a tonearm cable cannot be cut down to a shorter length? - I have too much length on my tonearm cables

lohanimal

No, unless there is, and then of course there would be. You'll get a lot of these kinds of responses. :-)

No, just make sure if they are shielded to hook everything up the way they had it before. I've made quite a few pairs and singles for a mono unit or two.

Good luck.

hi @oldhvymec 

I read/feared tales of ideal length for tonearm cables - something to do with capacitance

thanks

 

Yup, it’s got to be low, when it get shorter it gets lower, pretty simple.. :-)

I’ve never heard anyone say "make one longer it makes no difference"..

Like I said it’s not hard to make good RCAs. If they are already good, you’re not going to make them sound worse or add some flavor unless you use crap solder and crappy terminal ends. You can make good cables better or worse..

Pay attention, you’ll be fine.. Are you running a low output MC cart? It can only get better unless you make it worse.. LOL

Choppers remorse.. Be bold.. Go for it.. :-)

Regards