2. analog
  3. 1378895616

Long cables from turntable or phono stage

Hi I have a question that involves a compromise. I have a turntable that (for various reasons) has to be positioned a little distance from the hifi, about 4m of cable. Would it be better to connect the turntable (transcriptors hydraulic reference, ADC XLM ii) to the phono stage (moon 110LP) then run long singled ended cable to the amplifier or should I run long extension cable from the turntable to the phono stage and use a short interconnect from the phono stage to the amplifier? For visual reasons the latter is better. Any thoughts?
(Amp is plinius tautoro/SA103, speakers confidence C1 Dynaudio, tautoro is the line stage only version).
ninox
nick_sr
263 posts
 
Connect the TT to the phono stage with shortest cables possible. Then run long interconnects to the pre.

The inductance of the phono interconnect will vary directly with the length and this could cause issues for the loading of the cartridge. If the specs are known for the phono interconnect then you could potentially account for the high inductance by chaning the loading settings on the phono pre.
bill_k
920 posts
 
It is not advisable to have long cables coming directly from the turntable, which is handling the very low level signal being generated from the phono cartridge. You should go with the option of keeping the phono stage relatively close to the turntable, and having the longer set of cables handling the higher level output of the phono stage.
brf
1,715 posts
 
I doubt that you will get any support in favor of long IC between the table and phono. I don't even like the idea of a long IC between the phone and pre.
More to discover