DIN Phono Cable


I'm planning to get one of the new Project tonearms, and they only accept 5-pin DIN connector. Is there a specific DIN connector I need to look for or are they all the same?

josepad

@vinylcat 

That is my main issue, trying to make sure that small pin is the right one (orientation). I have a msg into ProJect asking......Their website nor product page mentions anything about it.

Thanks!

@josepad 

The angle on the DIN cable doesn't have to do with the configuration of the tonearm base. Instead the issue is whether there's enough clearance between the.bottom of he tonearm base and the shelf that the turntable rests on. The DIN connector may be only an inch or two long, but you want to have enough clearance that the cable coming out of the connector doesn't crimp against the shelf as it extends from the tonearm base.

@maxson 

Thanks……I think I know what you mean. The cable will come straight down from the tonearm connection. I don’t see any crimping possibility. 

"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. 

@lewm 

There are plenty of turntables where that right-angle DIN really isn't a concern. I will have my cables built with straight-on DIN connectors.