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Any good suggestions for phono cable?

Hi guys,

I need a phono cable to replace the stock cable that came with the AQ PT-5 arm. I use the arm on VPI jr. and Grado Blue cart.

This is my very first setup, and I intended to upgrade to VPI MK3, and a better cart when financial condition allow.

I am looking at Kimber TAK Cu now as other cables in my system are mostly Kimber. Is it the right move?

However, is there any good DIY recipy you have tried? I would be interested in building one myself to save money.

Any helpful suggestions are welcomed.

Thanks in advance,

Kent
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leafs
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The Coincident is your best choice.The reviewer did not have the courtesy to break in the cable as per MFGs instructions.I have been using one for 8 months and with no other changes it keeps getting better all the time .I used it in the cd path for about 500 hours and then put it in place replacing the Coincident IC i had on the pnono stage.You could not imagine the difference between these two cables.Same cable one with proper breakin one with phono use only.The cable that was used first in the cd path was now the best phono ic I had ever heard.
leafs
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Stevemj,Get a hold of a Process Control Engineer in a MFG plant and ask him if once they have run cable do they need to recalibrate the run after a few days.the answer is yes because the signle has drifted.If there is no such thing as cable breakin,then why is there drift.To avoid this problem,they buy aged cable which has had a single applied for 72+ hours.
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