Best Phono Cable for Ortofon MC Anna

Dear Dreamauduio : ++++ " My phono cable shortlist.... " +++++

I don't know what are you looking for or why you already have a " shortlist ".

IMHO we want that cables ( any on any audio system link. ) add nothing and lost nothing of the audio signal and IMHO that means: accuracy and dead neutrality.
Is this what you are looking for or you need/like some " coloration here and there "?

If you want something low low on ccolarations then you need to find out not only a " name " on cables but which one measure the lower on resistance and capacitance by feet and which kind of cable connectors are using because cable connectors " per-sé " makes a difference too: colored or near to absolute neutrality.

If I was you and not only because the Anna I will care in deep about not only the tonearm/phono cable but the ones through all the system chain.

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.

Raul is correct.....cable connections make a BIG difference. I've listened to the same cable RCA - RCA vs. DIN - RCA and in my system (which will vary from yours) I always prefer the DIN-RCA connection. Unfortunately this makes trying different phono cables all the more difficult.

(Dealer disclaimer)

I would try Nordost Valhalla over those listed....simply because it's the best this side of Odin or Siltech Royal Signature.

I roll my own interconnects. but I have had some experience with commercial brands. Somehow, Cardas cables always seem to impart the same coloration, to my ears: a bit slow and a bit "dark" sounding; everything sounds "good", but the music does not "jump". If you had nothing to compare them too, you would not fault them. On the other hand, the original Nordost cables, with multi-strands in parallel on a flat side by side plane, always made my ears bleed. (I have never heard Valhalla, and I know they have somewhat departed from their original design philosophy.) I like Transparent, the higher end ones, and MIT TOTL can be great, as well. Since they are both so expensive, I was driven to make my own.

Out here we always end up discussing/recommending audiophile brands of cables which IMO in most cases are voiced. You pay for the voicing in general. If you talk about neutrality, the most neutral cable I have heard yet is Mogami (Japan). Here is a phono cable that is purposefully built for SME and Jelco arms by Jelco using a suitable Mogami conductor:
http://www.jelco-ichikawa.co.jp/e_cable.htm

You can buy them off ebay. They cost hardly anything by but they beat most of the "super cables" we normally talk about. Try it out, not to save your money but to hear a very uncoloured, wide band, clean presentation. It may end up as your reference cable to measure other incoming cables. Just my 0.02.