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Which tonearm cable?

Hi guys
I have recently upgraded my Rega Planar 2 with the RB 303 Tonearm, Dynavector 10x5 MC Cartridge, New Sub Platter assembly from Groovetracer and Rega 24V Motor upgrade.

I want to improve it even further and wish to completely upgrade the tonearm cable. There is a lot of BS around about the true audio benefits of upgraded cabling, with many irresponsible and inaccurate claims being made about the audible difference that these upgrades make.
To avoid being duped into spending unheard of $ on unnecessary improvements, I would like to hear from other vinyl music lovers who have made the effort to upgrade their cables and are happy with the outcome.
What do you guys recommend?
km2912
wrm57
629 posts
 
The Furutech AG12 is a well-built, quiet, great-sounding cable at a good price. They come up used in the $300-350 range.
veteq
3 posts
 
the Furutech AG12 is my choice when it comes to phono cables. I also have a Jelco cable and much prefer the Furutech unit. I have to agree with syntax, if the quality of signal is lost at the source...
aber23
16 posts
 
I am not sure if I would ever go with the option suggested by Stanwal. An entirely unshielded tonearm cable is a big risk (although it may end up performing perfectly fine in certain environments).
There are quite a few well made cables on ebay at very good prices ($80-&120). Most of them actually use Canare and Mogami mic/balanced cables and both of them are excellent entry level performers. The same exactly cables are often dressed with an outer sleeve and branded sell for double the price.
Having said the above, I would be very interested in finding a well priced pure silver cable with a shield.
sarcher30
596 posts
 
The Rega arm will not accept a 5 pin din cable. They need to be completely rewired with a kit like the cardas incognito. There maybe other wiring options but the Rega is not plug and play.

If you're not good at soldering then you need to send it to someone to rewire it for you.
cousinbillyl
161 posts
 
My biggest improvement was changing the RCA connectors on my present cable to WBT Nextgen.
I know they are expensive, and you need to solder it yourself, but you might also be impressed.
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