Tone arm plug in RCA cable?

Is there any meaningful sonic advantage in going direct from DIN to phono stage?
(I think in the past it was mostly a PITA to get the cable into the phonostage without jostling the TT.)

Theoretically, less break in the signal chain is better and I understand why SOTA turntable user preferred a interface box.

I’ll try an older DIN to RCA I have laying around, and see how it sounds, and then go from there.

IMO, a cable clamp can serve the same purpose as a PIB if using DIN to RCA cable.

Yeah @imhififan My serial number is lot lower, and the PIB is just around the corner (clockwise when looking down.)… other than that, it looks about the same.

You might want to try this tonearm cable Axon 24 Tonearm Cable – Nerve Audio

good quality and reasonably priced.

@holmz 

All the folk who recommend getting rid of the PIB are missing a trick.

Interconnects are far more commonly available to audition than DIN phono cables.

My recommendation is keep the PIB so that you can try different interconnects, and then when you have found the best interconnect, then you can order one with a DIN and remove the PIB.

In other words leaving the PIB enables you to try different interconnects more easily.

@holmz  I think your query has been on how to exchange parts belonging to the Box, especially the wire.

I have suggested a method that can bypass the wire, or to use a wire of a particular type.

Both of these can produce the configuration the box offers and both configurations are available in the Market Place.

As said reducing the amount of connections is most desirable.

There is an advantage to the Box, as there are not a broad selection of DIN>RCA Cables as their are RCA>RCA Cables.

This box will enable the opportunity to experience a broad range of cables over a period of time and assist in your experiencing Cables as an umbilical down stream  from your Analogue Source.

This is how others who I have introduced my cable suggestions to have discovered its value in their systems.

This is now why in these systems there are at present produced Tonearms with PC Triple C now used as internal wiring. 

DIN>RCA PC Triple C Cables purchased and a Phonostage had the internal signal path wiring exchanged to the same material. 

Contempt prior to investigation is a very restrictive place to be.

There is nothing like being curious and inquisitive, it is a great place to be, no matter what the outcome of the experiences undertaken, for others the healthy disposition has proved to be the mother of invention. 

Alternatively there are other suggestions being offered, that from some will potentially end up with you being informed of needing dump your equipment and spend thousands $$$$$, always easy when it is others money.