DIN Phono Cable

Yes, of course, I was merely trying to explain to Jose what Maxson was getting at.  Of course there may be no need for a right angle DIN with Jose's TT, just as it isn't with yours. The point was that Jose' did not get the point.

"The cable will come straight down from the tonearm connection."  But where does the cable have to go next?  Presumably the TT sits on a shelf, so the cable will have to bend at a 90 degree angle in order not to foul the surface of the shelf on its way to the phono inputs.  That is what Maxson is trying to explain, I think. Sometimes a right-angled DIN plug is needed to make that 90 degree turn. 

Elliot, I don't know what brand it is but the black phono IC in one of your photos bears a male DIN connector, rather than the more typical female version.  Female is more typical because nearly all tonearms that accept DIN provide a male receptacle up inside the vertical shaft of the tonearm. So that particular cable would be usable only in the special case where the tonearm presents a female connector, and I have never seen that but my experience is limited to about a dozen tonearms. I don't know why that is a convention, but my guess is you don't want the relatively vulnerable pins of a male connector to be subject to damage when the IC is not in use or is being installed.

Also, the increase in girth about an inch back from the business end may or may not be a good thing. It's a convenience, if the DIN receptacle in the tonearm is reachable within the length of the narrow collar on the IC, but if the DIN receptacle is farther up in the arm shaft than the collar permits (because of the widening), you won't get a max connection.

I am a big proponent of direct connection between cartridge and phono stage when practical, but if I do need a DIN connection, I prefer and recommend Cardas. Of course, if you are buying a prefabricated phono cable with a DIN plug on one end, you take what you get.

IMO, Cardas make the nicest DIN connectors. Used on the better cables.