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Phono Cables (OCC copper and OCC silver) + Audio SensibilityĮDIT: Just noticed you can go RCA to RCA, which is $20 less!!! Pay Steve the extra couple of bucks to have him burn it in for you. Both the Jelco and Cardas were significantly better than the Van den Hul. The Jelco, by the way, was better than a custom cable I had built using Cardas wire, Cardas DIN and high quality Vampire XLR's that cost about twice as much, so it was no slouch either. I bought one recently for a separate mono setup I was doing with a 2nd arm and ended up very quickly buying another to replace the Jelco 506 I was using (I run balanced from the tonearm) on the stereo side because the Audio Sensibility was so much better. $169 CAD for DIN to RCA or about $125 U.S. The Audio Sensibility Impact SE is a very high quality phono cable at a truly bargain price.
#Sme tonearm cable upgrade#
Do yourself a favour and upgrade that cable!!!
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So much that it's in storage because I'd feel guilty selling it to someone. If it's gonna be $500-1000 though I might as well wait a bit and not deal with it nowĬlick to expand.I have a tonearm cable here which is 502 (the twin version of 501) and it is truly a piece of crap. Kinda went over budget a bit for the orbe/SME V combo, and the war chest is a bit light.Īny suggestions for cables to try? Fortunately I'll be able to try different cables from my local dealer and at least get to see what difference I can hear. Since I've got the phono breakout kit, I could move to any standard RCA > RCA options.ĭoes anyone have any idea how much I'll likely have to spend to beat the stock cable? If it's more than $100 or so, I might need to sit on the stock cable a while and restock the budget. I also see a lot of people in those threads moving to $750-1000 cables, which is more than I've got to spend right now. I've read a lot about how terrible the stock phono cable for the SME V is, but i'm not sure how "bad" it really is. It also came with a transparent phono breakout box (like hthe last 3 photos here: Transparent Audio: Interconnects, speaker cables, digital audio cables, HDMI cables, power conditioning, and power cords for music lovers, audiophiles, home theater enthusiasts, and music and film studio professionals. I just picked up a used Michell Orbe/SME V combo from my local dealer.