30 ft rca run too long for a phono to preamp?

A 30 ft run, or a wall mounted turntable 20" from a speaker.......or sell it?

Thanks,
Mike
Hanaleimike (System | Answers)

If you're settled on only those two options, then I'd sell it.

30 ft is too long, and 20" is too close.

For a few hundred bucks you can have an electrician install some more dedicated outlets on the side wall farthest from your speakers. Then with an understanding wife and some rearrangement of furniture, you can move all your front end stuff, most of all including the turntable, to the far end of the room. You are better off with long runs between your preamp and amp than with long speaker wires, so IMO leave the amps nearby the speakers. Perhaps for some reason this solution is not possible, but it does suggest itself. I am not sure what is the "it" that the other guys and you are talking about selling. By all means don't give up vinyl because of this problem. You would be far better off with true balanced components in this situation, but it will be ok.

Do you have balanced equipment amp/preamp?

Hi, Marakanetz, no I do not have balanced components,

Tvad, I have moved some furniture around (in my head ) and have another option. If one chair magically disappears, I can wall mount the turntable placing it approx. 45" from each speaker. With a 30ft run now out of the question, I am left with this new wall mount option, and I obviously don't want to sell it, but maybe another turntable would be less susceptible to feedback? Is a Thorens td-147.
One last possibility, although I can't do it immediately, the side wall is a possibility, but will cost more and involve a new wall mounted tv, but if 45" is still too close, It may be my last option.

Thanks again for all your thoughts.

That might work. You should first try placing it there on a stand to see if the placement is going to be sufficiently far enough from the speakers to avoid reacting to the energy emanating from the drivers...especially the bass. It won't be perfect, but you should get an idea if the placement makes an improvement. If it does, you might be in business. The Galibier sandbox made a significant improvement in my system, and the buyer of it told me it did the same for him.

I take it since you haven't commented on the method that suspending the table from the ceiling is not an option.