CUTTING DOWN A TONEARM CABLE

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

Only thing: De-solder the plug, chop at that end to the desired length, and re-solder the plug exactly as it was.  Don't chop in the middle. Not that you would necessarily do that, but...  There would be an "ideal length" if and only if you are targeting a certain capacitance that you want to be added by virtue of cable length.

@lohanimal

Please do your math:

First ID capacitance per unit of length of your tonearm wire, than figure out how much you’re "saving" by cutting.

These minuscule fractures are completely and entirely negligible in audio so I’d rather spend sometime with beer or watching dirty videos.

Unless it’s a Litz…

I am a robot with a soldering iron in a surface Mount world