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

[MartinT]

Guys - meanwhile, I'm having a custom tonearm cable created for me by Tellurium Q from their Black Phono cable (the product which is not listed but which I am using between my step-up transformer and phono preamp). I will have it for evaluation shortly.

I think Marco and I will need to put it up against the Yannis, especially as the TQ cable is a very reasonable £285 plus the cost of a DIN plug which they are fitting. This could be a battle extraordinaire

[MikeMusic]

Let me be the first for a ticket !

[MartinT]

Yep - it's been a while, Mike. I'll let you know when we've set a date.

[MikeMusic]

I can bring some LPs in case you don't have enough !
:-)

[hifi_dave]

The TQ arm cable is available in two versions - Black at £285 and Blue at £180, both available from stock.

At present, the cable is only available phono - phono for turntables equipped with phono sockets, which doesn't apply to Mike's Aro.

[MikeMusic]

The TQ arm cable is available in two versions - Black at £285 and Blue at £180, both available from stock.

At present, the cable is only available phono - phono for turntables equipped with phono sockets, which doesn't apply to Mike's Aro.

Dave
Glad you spoke
How are my cables best described ?
The Aro cable I assume is an "arm cable" which plugs into an odd, much smaller than DIN socket, around 3-4mm diameter
I think that then goes out, direct to the BNC connections I plug into my Amp.
So that would be a "Captive Deck Lead" ?

[hifi_dave]

A cable from the arm is an arm cable.

Some, like the Aro are fixed into the arm and cannot (easily) be changed.

Others have a plug/socket arrangement ( similar to DIN ) at the base of the arm which enables cables, with that type of plug, to be changed.

Some have a short run of cable from the arm, often fixed, which is terminated on phono sockets for fixing to a plinth or turntable base. The phono cable which pliugs into these phono sockets can be changed/swapped easily. That is the type of cable TQ manufacture - phono to phono.

[MikeMusic]

A cable from the arm is an arm cable.

Some, like the Aro are fixed into the arm and cannot (easily) be changed.

Others have a plug/socket arrangement ( similar to DIN ) at the base of the arm which enables cables, with that type of plug, to be changed.

Some have a short run of cable from the arm, often fixed, which is terminated on phono sockets for fixing to a plinth or turntable base. The phono cable which pliugs into these phono sockets can be changed/swapped easily. That is the type of cable TQ manufacture - phono to phono.

Thanks Dave
Any idea what the socket my Aro cable plugs into is called ?

[hifi_dave]

If your cable plugs into the arm base, it's called a tone arm plug, I guess.

In your case, to use the TQ cable, you would need to terminate the Aro cable onto two phono sockets, probably dangling out the back of the Linn. Then you would have extra terminations in the way of the signal.

[sq225917]

The plug on the end of the Aro internal arm wire used to be made by Racal, and after that it was a Marconi part and then the design fell into the hands of yet another company, military communication equipment again. But I'm unsure who makes them now though they are still available in small numbers.

Might be worthwhile asking Naim who supplied them last.