15 foot RCA cables out of TT with no pre amp?


Im very limited with the space I have. This is kinda limiting me to keep the turntable on a 15’ cable. I’m using a Pro-ject Carbon Debut Evo with an Ortofon  2m blue to an Onkyo stereo with a phono input. Cables are midrange, nothing special but not total crap. Just wanted to get some opinions or suggestions on this. How bad the loss is gonna be if there is any. 
jacquesbarteaux

Showing 2 responses by geof3

You want your TT and “stereo” as close together as possible, and see how it sounds. Or, get yourself a secondary phono stage and put that as close to your TT as possible and run the RCA’s out form it to the Onkyo.
Doubtful the Onkyo has balanced inputs. If it does, XLR outs are a good idea, but would need a new cable too, and they are usually more expensive than their similar quality RCA counterparts. At the level of TT etc. you could pick up a Pro-Ject phono box for less than 100.00 and be good to go.