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Cardas Din plug compatible with Graham Phantom II?

Hi guys,
Is the popular Cardas 5 pin Din plug interchangeable with Graham Din plug used for his own IC-70 tonearm cable?

I have 2 cables with the Cardas Din plug which i hope will be suitable for the tonearm base. Not looking to spend more money on cables at this stage.

Thanks in advance,
jasper
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nsgarch
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All tonearm "DIN" plugs are interchangable (because only one kind was ever made to fit tonearms ;-) AND JCarr also taught us that it's not even a DIN plug! It is/was something designed in Japan (not in Germany) and now I can't remember what tonearm it was originally for, or how it (mistakenly) came to be called a DIN. If you're interested, those answers ARE buried in these forums somewhere ;-)
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nsgarch
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Not a problem with the straight din plug but could be with a 90 degree din plug depending on the space underneath the armboard/plinth.
Not to put too fine a point on this scholarly discussion ;-) but the rt. angle plugs I've seen (not all by any means) have a set screw that allows the little receptacle plate to be rotated 180 in the plug body. You'll notice they don't make L and R oriented 90 degree plugs; that's when I figured out what the set screw was for!
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