Balanced XLR Turntable / Tonearm


Hi all. I'm moving to a fully balanced amplification system (phone preamp to preamp to amp -- all Sierra). I have an inexpensive turntable today -- the AR Turntable (1984) with a Linn Basik Plus arm and an Adcom Hexacoil moving coil cartridge. The Linn Basik has a 5 pin DIN type connector with a separate ground and I had planned to "cut and paste" an XLR cable to it to connect to the phono preamp. However, my analog system is not that great and my other alternative is to go to a different table/tonearm setup. Are there any that you would recommend and are not too expensive (e.g., under $4k) that already have balanced outputs? Of course, I could always "cut and paste" other setups but it would be easier if the tonearm wires were not connected to ground, so that could work too. Thanks.
ozfly

Showing 1 response by smotyka

I also went to a fully balanced phono into a BAT P10 that I had upgraded to balanced inputs.

I then had a pair of Cardas Golden reference XLR cables reterminated so that the ends going into the table became rca. Note that the RCA (-) inputs on my table, a Well Tempered reference are not grounded. I then ran a separate ground wire from the rca mounting bracket (which has a wire connected to the tonearm) to the phono stage.

Steve