Both components have only unbalanced connections. Thirty feet is really pushing it, but fortunately the phono stage output impedance is only 100 ohms (which in fact is considerably lower than the preamp's output impedance of 440 ohms). That should be low enough to eliminate the possibility of upper treble rolloff due to interaction of cable capacitance with the output impedance. The remaining concern would be noise pickup. There is no way to predict that other than by trying it, since it is dependent on the noise environment of your particular setup. But in addition to the noise environment, success or failure would be dependent on the quality of the shields in the particular interconnects you would be using (both shield coverage and shield resistance), so I would try, if possible, to arrange trials of several different cables, with return privileges. Regards, -- Al |
Just to chime back in here, I ran a 30 feet RCA Purist Dominus IC from line stage to amps for a couple years and had no hum/rfi issues at all. What people echo from what they have read vs. what they have experienced are very different things. Pushing the requirements for balanced ICs is an unnecessary issue. And converting to/from balanced with bogus adapters will accomplish nothing as well. All of this aside, I still would put every effort into making the current turntable location be a success. |
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As for Timbernation buyer beware: Timbernation and Timbernation Too Between spotty workmanship, long delays, and some people not receiving their items it should make one think twice about ordering. My own personal experience mirrors that of some of the posters in these threads. Luckily for me I was able to do a charge back on my credit card. Outside of that the idea of the sand box or alternative isolation methods is worth exploring. A 30 ft. run of ICs is too long IMO. |
