Analog cables for TT

I agree with Fcrowder, after the Hovland the improvement compared to price was not worth it for me.

The hovland is an $800 cable. Are we seriously suggesting using an $800 cable on a project turntable ? Honestly I don't think that is a good allocation of resources.

Ok, so we're talking a HO MC cartridge with an output impedance of 134 ohms. It's pretty much the same as any MM but since it is a MC I don't know if cable capacitance is much of an issue. Perhaps just try to keep the capacitance as low as possible without going nuts. Sean makes a good point. The wires in the arm are adequate but probably nothing special so not worth putting an expensive cable in the chain. You haven't said what cable you're using now, it's probably just fine, but it is always worth trying different cables. Just set yourself a budget amount and try to stick to that.

Best,

Dan

If you want to lower capacitance relatively cheaply replace the RCA connectors with Eichmann bullet plugs.

It's hard to get very low capacitance in a shielded cable, since the shielding is inherently capacitive design. Twin-parallel conductors (nordost, DNM) have much lower capacitance, but will not work due to the lack of shielding.

I had a Quatrofil, but sold it and went to a AU24, i like it better.