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Cables - one of the most taboo subjects in audio
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Angsty
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KAB Electro Acoustics can change cables or put in a RCA jack.The shelves are in the middle, and there are drawers on either side - the turntable would be above the drawers. The console is about 96” wide and will have a TV on it, so the TT will be pretty far off to the side.
After we get settled, I’ll probably have someone put new cables on the TT. If it had RCA jacks, this wouldn’t be a problem
Angsty
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The Mogami 2964/Amphenol RCA cable has a spiral shield, with a capacitance of 19.8 pF/ft - okay in shorter lengths for MM carts and fine for MC.
Mogami 2534/Eminence Gold RCA "directional" cables are quad microphone cables which can be configured at 97 pF/ft or 110 pF/ft. I would not advise using a quad cable for phono cartridges - stick with a well-shielded, low capacitance coax in RCA applications. The Mogami 2467/Eminence Gold locking RCA cables are much more expensive due to their unusual construction.
For my money, I'd choose a Mogami 2964/Amphenol RCA. Either choice of ACPR or ACPL RCA plugs would be fine; it's more of an aesthetic thing.
ngower
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Nice. I have a 4 foot version I'm using to connect phono out to my integrated amp. Just ordered a 1.5 foot pair to take the place of a 3 foot LC-1 (fine cables, just annoyingly stiff)
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Maybe old news? Blue jeans cable has a new LC-2 interconnect out. I was in need of a couple pair of LC-1, but ordered these instead.
Stereo Cables at Blue Jeans Cable
For years our principal unbalanced audio interconnect cable has been our proprietary LC-1, designed for low capacitance and high shield effectiveness. We've tweaked the design a bit, getting the cross-sectional profile more consistent, but keeping the cable size, conductor size and shield characteristics the same, dropping capacitance slightly and lowering the price to boot. The new cable, LC-2, is now our recommended cable for general audio interconnect use (barring special circumstances and requirements). For a short time we are offering this new cable at a 15% discount from our regular pricing.
The most important attributes of a line-level unbalanced audio cable are (1) shielding, and (2) capacitance. Heavy shielding protects audio signals from interference from outside sources. LC-2 Audio Cable uses a heavy double-braid shield, with one bare copper braid laid directly over another for extreme high coverage and high conductivity to ground; this is the identical shield configuration to Canare LV-77S, which tested best in our review of audio cable hum rejection characteristics (LC-2 hadn't been designed yet so wasn't tested at that time). By shrinking the center conductor to 25 AWG and foaming the polyethylene dielectric, we were able to get capacitance down below 11 pF/ft, much better than LV-77S at 21 pF/ft. Capacitance can be important, particularly in long cable runs, because it contributes to rolloff of higher frequencies. The softer dielectric material and smaller center conductor, meanwhile, make the cable highly flexible and easy to route.
Stereo Cables at Blue Jeans Cable
NEW (and on sale)! Introducing Blue Jeans Cable LC-2 Low Capacitance Audio Cable
For years our principal unbalanced audio interconnect cable has been our proprietary LC-1, designed for low capacitance and high shield effectiveness. We've tweaked the design a bit, getting the cross-sectional profile more consistent, but keeping the cable size, conductor size and shield characteristics the same, dropping capacitance slightly and lowering the price to boot. The new cable, LC-2, is now our recommended cable for general audio interconnect use (barring special circumstances and requirements). For a short time we are offering this new cable at a 15% discount from our regular pricing.
The most important attributes of a line-level unbalanced audio cable are (1) shielding, and (2) capacitance. Heavy shielding protects audio signals from interference from outside sources. LC-2 Audio Cable uses a heavy double-braid shield, with one bare copper braid laid directly over another for extreme high coverage and high conductivity to ground; this is the identical shield configuration to Canare LV-77S, which tested best in our review of audio cable hum rejection characteristics (LC-2 hadn't been designed yet so wasn't tested at that time). By shrinking the center conductor to 25 AWG and foaming the polyethylene dielectric, we were able to get capacitance down below 11 pF/ft, much better than LV-77S at 21 pF/ft. Capacitance can be important, particularly in long cable runs, because it contributes to rolloff of higher frequencies. The softer dielectric material and smaller center conductor, meanwhile, make the cable highly flexible and easy to route.
MikeH
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interesting....i need to get some more interconnects. let me know what you think when you get them!
Angsty
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1.2 pF/foot is not much of a change unless the run is quite long, IMHO. More flexibility is a plus.
Jbraswell
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Sounds like it's an upgrade for longer cables and less for the folks with short BJC already.
Slimwhit33
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As I’m making plans to get this new setup going, with the TT shipping today and the Eversolo coming tomorrow, I’m thinking about the interconnects I want to use and was looking at the different ones I have laying around.
I have several pairs of BJC’s, some Audioquest Evergreens, and what I have been using more recently, a couple pairs of Decware DSR3’s. I planned to use these going from the phono and DAC to the Evo. But because I’ve been on this pf chase for my phono, I happened to notice that the DSR3 has a pf of over 900/m. That number seems way high compared to basically every other cable I’ve ever seen…. See the little note at bottom of image below.
I guess my question is what would a cable with that high of a capacitance do to sound from a theoretical standpoint? Does it matter when connecting a phono or a DAC?
Would appreciate any thoughts. Obviously I’m going to compare them now that I’ve noticed but wondering what should be expected.
I have several pairs of BJC’s, some Audioquest Evergreens, and what I have been using more recently, a couple pairs of Decware DSR3’s. I planned to use these going from the phono and DAC to the Evo. But because I’ve been on this pf chase for my phono, I happened to notice that the DSR3 has a pf of over 900/m. That number seems way high compared to basically every other cable I’ve ever seen…. See the little note at bottom of image below.
I guess my question is what would a cable with that high of a capacitance do to sound from a theoretical standpoint? Does it matter when connecting a phono or a DAC?
Would appreciate any thoughts. Obviously I’m going to compare them now that I’ve noticed but wondering what should be expected.
ngower
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Canare 4S11 and Mogami 3082/3103/3104 are the go-to "budget" recs. I use Canare all over my system because it's flexible/has some slack, but the two Mogami 310x and the Canare are all fairly thick.
I've used the BJC Canare and BJC Belden. The Canare wins out for my system right now because of how flexible they are but I'll probably switch over to thinner Mogami (or something else) over time because I want something that can go under a rug.