Tonearm cable upgrades - any point?

[Ned664]

Hi all

Anyone upgraded their Tonearm cable? I have been upgrading my interconnects and so wondered whether a similar improvement could be gained by upgrading the Tonearm cable.

Cheers

[The Grand Wazoo]

It does kind of depend on what you already have!
But yes, lots of us have done this. The cables that Marco tried from a chap called Yannis Tome have proved to be good for all who've tried them. His website is here (http://back-promo.co.uk/html/intro.html)

[Rare Bird]

Can't say i notice a difference but i changed all my arm wire because the wire was old..However it seems some people have magical hearing :lol:

[hifi_dave]

Hi all

Anyone upgraded their Tonearm cable? I have been upgrading my interconnects and so wondered whether a similar improvement could be gained by upgrading the Tonearm cable.

Cheers

Depends on the arm, the cable and the rest of the system.

[Ned664]

Arm is Roksan Nima on a Roksan Radius 5 MF xa1 amp and monitor audio rx1 silver. I am currents using the cable that came with the table just wondered whether there is significant improvement from an after market cable?

[DSJR]

The Nima internals should still be ok, unless Roksan specified too small a gauge as I suspect Rega might have done (I expect the wrath of their sales manager to descent from above now :rofl:), but perhaps you could play with the external cable. In recent times, I've only gone up as far as the Van Damme Pro-Patch, as used by Johnnie at Audio Origami, and like it very much for this purpose, but I respect the other opinions here, especially the one above mentioning Yannis..

[hifi_dave]

Not much point in spending hundreds on a cable for use with a Radius - a few tens of Pounds would be OK. The money would be better spent on a superior TT. IMO

[Gordon Steadman]

I was forced to rewire my Rega arm as one of the leads broke inside the arm. I rewired with silver Litz cable.

Once the wife and I had stopped swearing at TTs, arms, the universe and Rega in particular, we sat down to listen, looked at each other and said..........."well, it still sounds good"

Whilst I appreciate that we were unable to compare the two directly, I am sure we would have been able to hear any real improvement. Especially my bat eared wife. (she is my constant reference for what I make or try and fix:))

I would say spend the money elsewhere, on a better cartridge for instance.

[rkay5]

I just got a new phono cable made by Yannis made with same Van Damme wire that Johnnie at Audio Origami use 2m long right angle DIN for $105USD.Using right with a AudioQuest PT-7 and it sound great better than the AudioQuest Wildcat phono cable

[Rothchild]

I was forced to rewire my Rega arm as one of the leads broke inside the arm. I rewired with silver Litz cable.

Once the wife and I had stopped swearing at TTs, arms, the universe and Rega in particular, we sat down to listen, looked at each other and said..........."well, it still sounds good"

Whilst I appreciate that we were unable to compare the two directly, I am sure we would have been able to hear any real improvement. Especially my bat eared wife. (she is my constant reference for what I make or try and fix:))

I would say spend the money elsewhere, on a better cartridge for instance.

That's somewhat reassuring to hear, I'm just going through the same thing and my arm is off for some AudioOrigami love this week!

[DiveDeepDog]

I DIY with the Van Damme stuff, (same as AO) much better than the standard Roksan cable (and the red Jelco one)


I need to do comparisons with the HD one.

[Wakefield Turntables]

Yannis made all my cabling and it outperformed Nordost cabling worth several thousand pounds.

[MCRU]

Yannis made all my cabling and it outperformed Nordost cabling worth several thousand pounds.

A piece of string would out perform Nordost :ner:

[Wakefield Turntables]

A piece of string would out perform Nordost :ner:

Is that because Nordost wont give you a distribution license? :rolleyes:

[MCRU]

Is that because Nordost wont give you a distribution license? :rolleyes:

Don't be so silly (for a change)

[Marco]

Nah, it was because the local rep wouldn't allow him to 'park his bike up the back alley', eh Brooky boy? :eyebrows: :D

Marco.

[MCRU]

Nah, it was because the local rep wouldn't allow him to 'park his bike up the back alley', eh Brooky boy? :eyebrows: :D

Marco.

it was a woman rep :ner::ner::ner::ner::ner::ner::ner::ner::ner::ner: :ner::ner::ner::ner::ner::ner::ner::ner:

doggy style

[DSJR]

Van Damme cables are pretty good and far from expensive IMO. Such a shame one has to pay stupid amounts to get anything 'better.' Hope 'better' means more than posh looking plugs and some woven stuff over the cable itself, together with a huge hike in profits and retail price ;)

[Marco]

it was a woman rep :ner::ner::ner::ner::ner::ner::ner::ner::ner::ner: :ner::ner::ner::ner::ner::ner::ner::ner:

doggy style

Quality, ma man! Did she throw in a quick truncheon polish?

Marco.

[twotone]

I DIY with the Van Damme stuff, (same as AO) much better than the standard Roksan cable (and the red Jelco one)


I need to do comparisons with the HD one.

Anyone tried these sort of cables?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Technics-SL-1200-1210-XteX-ProteX-Audio-Phono-Cable-Lead-Neutrik-Van-Damme-1-5m-/261304392958?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_HomeAudioHiF i_Turntables&hash=item3cd6f49cfe

[Tarzan]

A piece of string would out perform Nordost :ner:


Oy! Watch it:steam:

[Tarzan]

A piece of string would out perform Nordost :ner:



Would this statement be based upon how long this said piece of string was?:)

[DiveDeepDog]

Anyone tried these sort of cables?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Technics-SL-1200-1210-XteX-ProteX-Audio-Phono-Cable-Lead-Neutrik-Van-Damme-1-5m-/261304392958?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_HomeAudioHiF i_Turntables&hash=item3cd6f49cfe

Yep, the XKE is the one, also search for pro audio cables, get a 3m one, cut in half for about a tenner ;-)

[twotone]

Yep, the XKE is the one, also search for pro audio cables, get a 3m one, cut in half for about a tenner ;-)

Thanks Mark.:cool: