I second Al's comment re capacitance. I doubt if resistance or inductance will have any impact. The total length of the interconnect (x it's capacitance/ft) + the preamp input capacitance + the capacitance of the tonearm cables should match the total allowed (or desired) capacitance for the cartridge (if its MM). For moving coils, this is less critical.
Phono cables/philosphy ?
I have balanced phono cables of 1 meter (Nordost Baldur) I purposely went for the simpler design (fewer strands) because the more expensive ones in the line just seem to use more strands of the same stuff. Brands aside, do you think a simpler (less wire) cable makes more sense because of the low power of the signal? i have seen hair-like phono cables and fat ones and have wondered if driving so much metal makes sense (physically). Since I have xlr to xlr I never found any stock phono cables that would work and only considered regular interconnects. I guess I could special order some. Do most of you running xlr to xlr use regular interconnects? Thanks
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