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. Do yourself a favour and upgrade that cable!!! 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.
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