Advise on Long Phono Cable run

With such a long phono cable you need a Grado MI cartridge which is irrelevant to cable capacitance as stated in the manual, the rest of the cartridges i know require certain amount of capacitance for optimal performance (and it can be too much for 5 m long cable for some MM).  

Actually, for such a long run, you need a Balanced phono stage and Balanced phono cable with XLR, but if you can’t do that simply order any custom length from Frank at Signal Cable Silver Resolution.

http://signalcable.com/silverresolutionphono.html

I have ordered two sets of phono cable from his for my LOMC cartridges, the reason was the length, i was looking for something longer than usual.

The price is great and his silver cables are highly regarded here on audiogon, buy with confidence.

I think interconnect cable (or phono cable) within 1.2 m is standard, probably 1.5 max. Very short cables like 60cm can be used too, but sometimes it’s inconvenient. Probably 1m or 1.2m is optimal.

Unbalanced cable must be shorter than 4m max, i would say 3m max.

But balanced cables designed for use on long distance.
This is what professional are using in the studios, on stage etc.

I am using vintage Grado XTZ (MI) right now, it’s an old discontinued signature model. Very nice!

But another Induced Magnet (IM) type i can highly recommend is ADC TRX II , here is some basic info from the manual. Look at this Sapphire cantilever with Vital III (PH type LineContact diamond). It was designed by Nakatsuka-San (now ZYX) for ADC in the 80’s. Replacement stylus assembly screwed into cartridge for superb rigidity. Hight compliance.

Long time ago i bought ADC Astrion, also with Sapphire cantilever, i must say the ADC TRX is completely different design from different person, so the performance of the TRX II is much better than older Astrion.

The Gold Note PH-10 has balanced outpout, i have this phono stage, but i don’t use balanced out. Anyway, you can put such phono stage near the turntable with standard 1.2m RCA unbalanced cable, but from the output of the phono stage you will get balanced XLR for a long run to your amp. It can be 5m easily. Good idea, but the cost of the phono stage ...