Could this be a 'giant-killing' tonearm cable?

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Originally Posted by Marco

Churz, dude. T'was just a few scribbles... The delay on yours will be because Yannis is waiting for the 'fancy bits' to arrive :)

I'm surprised that you didn't go for the Furutech DIN, with the carbon-fibre shell insert. The reason I went for it, is because the IEC plugs on my power leads adopt the same principle, and I know how effective it is at controlling resonance - you can clearly hear the sonic benefits!

I would've gone for the matching RCAs, too, but for some reason the contact pins/conductors are only made from copper, not solid silver, which is why I chose the Eichmanns instead at that end :cool:

Marco.

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I did go with the Furutech DIN, the 90 degree version for the V.

It's the same DIN plug that's on the Furutech tonearm cable here (same as I'm using now), is it not:


http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/226...armcablem1.jpg


That doesn't have the carbon-fibre insert-type shell... Or is it a different one you've ordered? :)

Marco.

Nope i went for the carbon fibre bling bling version!

Ha - coolio... Aye, you can't beat a bit of bling-bling! ;)

Marco.

I've been reading this thread with interest and this cable does sound interesting. Seeing as my SL is fitted with a SME Series III, which plugs would you advise going for on the arm side Marco?

If I remember correctly, the SME III is terminated with phono sockets at the base?

Yeah, is think it is too. I realise this is going to sound harsh, but I would replace the III - and the new arm is unlikely to have RCA's.

Only replace the arm if you are thinking of getting a new cart as well, as you are unlikely to find such a lightweight arm these days unless you get a Morch.

Guys,

What you don't know is that Dave loves his arm and cart combo, so has no intention of changing it yet. His Goldring G900IGC is very high-compliance, and so suits the SME III, to a tee. Although it's not necessarily the best arm in the world, there's a lot to be said for synergy! :)

Dave, if your arm is terminated with phono sockets, then simply ask Jannis to fit RCAs at both ends of the tonearm cable, instead of a DIN, at one end. I'm sure he could do that, no problem. If, however, it's a DIN, then it depends on how much you want to spend.

TBH, the supplied one, shown here: http://www.partsconnexion.com/1877PH-73647.html is excellent, and only daftees like Andrew and me, who must have that last few percent of performance, would go for a Furutech.

If you want something in between the two then, like Mark says, the Cardas one is very good: http://www.partsconnexion.com/cardas-53481.html

Nice and lightweight, too :cool:

Marco.

Yup, the Series III does sport phono sockets. Unfortunately there is not enough room to house full sized phono plugs in the void underneath the arm.

As Marco has mentioned, the combination of the S3, Goldring and Techie sounds far better than the sum of its parts. There is magic going on here and I am loath to mess with it just now simply because I would need to spend a lot of money on an arm/cart combination of sufficient quality to better it, and this is money I don't have. In isolation I know it might seem that buying a half decent tonearm cable for the Series III is false economy, but trust me it isn't in this situation. If it offers the kind of improvements being discussed on this thread then I expect the results to be stunning ;)