Cardas makes male DIN plug that will mate back-to-back with the female DIN in your tonearm cable.
DIN to RCA adapter
I want to burn-in a phono cable by using it as a SE IC between my CDp and preamp.
The phono cable I want to burn-in terminates with a 5 pin female DIN at one end and a pair of male RCAs at the other. I have been told that I can build a home grown cheapo adapter using zip cord and a Radio Shack DIN.
So, I would need an inexpensive cable that terminates at one end in a pair of male RCAs. I can cut-off the other end (whatever it is) and solder on a male 5 pin DIN.
Does it matter which of the 5 pins on the DIN are soldered to which wire coming from the RCAs? Most "zip cord" has just two wires, so I would be soldering at two of the five pins.
Any help (or suggestions) would be appreciated.
Brent
The phono cable I want to burn-in terminates with a 5 pin female DIN at one end and a pair of male RCAs at the other. I have been told that I can build a home grown cheapo adapter using zip cord and a Radio Shack DIN.
So, I would need an inexpensive cable that terminates at one end in a pair of male RCAs. I can cut-off the other end (whatever it is) and solder on a male 5 pin DIN.
Does it matter which of the 5 pins on the DIN are soldered to which wire coming from the RCAs? Most "zip cord" has just two wires, so I would be soldering at two of the five pins.
Any help (or suggestions) would be appreciated.
Brent
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Burn in your entire phono cable signal path - including the tonearm wire. Here's a post on my forum showing the approach: http://www.galibierdesign.com//phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=80. For wiring to your home brew RCA assembly: red = right (+), or male RCA pin green = right (-) or inverted (RCA ground) white = left (+) or male RCA pin blue = left (-) inverted (RCA ground) Cheers, Thom @ Galibier |
Brent The color code Thom supplied is all you need, the instructions I gave will do the job and you can walk away and let your CD or DVD do the work. Cartridge can stay in the head shell, but use common sense and patience when you hook up, CD signal should not go into your cartridge. Using this method, you break in cartridge clips, headshell leads, tonearm wire, DIN and tonearm cable all in one move. |
Thanks for all the very helpful advice. Since I don't have the connectors Thom used, two additional questions re: the alligator clips: 1. My home grown IC will have two alligator clips at one end and two male RCAs at the other. Do I combine the two right leads (red and green), clipping them together using the right alligator clip and then do the same for the two left leads (blue and white)? 2. When I connect the alligator clips, I don't want to crush the tone arm wire terminations - any thoughts here? Thanks. Brent |
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