Transparent Phono Cable

I second the Purist Venustas. If you really dig deep, you'll find a few people who've moved up to the Purist Dominus and say they can hear the difference; but I'm not rich enough to make that call. If you're considering cartridges in that (low-ish) output range, you will get stunning performance with the Ferox shielded Purist products.

I don't know if Transparent makes a special cable specifically for phono. If they do, great. I, however, once used a Transparent IC between my table and phono amp, and it hummed loudly. I replaced it with an Audioquest Jaguar, which didn't hum.

Cheers.

Transparent does have dedicated phono interconnects...special order type of thing...the hum may have been a grounding issue not really a cable issue...

Thanks, guys. I seem to get more support for the PAD Venustas than anything else.

BTW, I'm really on the fence between the XV1S and the Universe. Opinions are about equally divided.

Ed

i assume you are using a DIN connector and not the RCA box. assuming that; you will need to pretty much special order most cables with that DIN connector. the chances of being able to compare phono cables with DIN connectors are slim.

i would strongly recommend the Transparent (whichever level you can afford) and a friend that has tried both Transparent Opus interconnect and top of line Purist as phono cables tells me he prefers the Purist. neither of our tt's use the DIN connector.

personally; i have been using the Nordost Valhalla as a phono cable for 5 years but have heard the Opus and prefer that.

regarding your cartridge decision i did a comparison of the two cartridges that you may want to read here;

cartridge comparison

you have a wonderful vinyl system...enjoy.