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Ayre phono cable??

Hi all..soon I will be taking delivery of a new AYRE K-1xe preamp with built-in phono stage. I am currently using a ARC LS3 and Tom Evans the Groove which is RCA only inputs and outs. The Ayre has only XLR balanced inputs therefore I require a different cable. However I don't want to convert my SME V van den hul phono cable just yet because I want to try the TEAD Groove through the Ayre when it arrives. Therefore I require a XLR cable and was wondering if anyone had tried the Ayre tonearm cable which is made from Cardas cable I believe???
jrmanders

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If you've been using the vdH Silver Hybrid, you have a big surprise in store if/when you switch to any of the following:

Silver Cable
Hovland MusicGroove 2
Purist Venustas
Cardas Golden Reference
XLO

and probably a couple others I left out.

I couldn't believe what I'd been missing before I got rid of that thing!

You're very lucky to have a balanced input phono preamp or stage. Cartridges are inherently balanced devices, and will transfer more (of their very small) current through a balanced phono cable.

All of the above cables can be ordered with balanced connectors.
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