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DIN to RCA adapter

I want to burn-in a phono cable by using it as a SE IC between my CDp and preamp.

The phono cable I want to burn-in terminates with a 5 pin female DIN at one end and a pair of male RCAs at the other.  I have been told that I can build a home grown cheapo adapter using zip cord and a Radio Shack DIN.

So, I would need an inexpensive cable that terminates at one end in a pair of male RCAs.  I can cut-off the other end (whatever it is) and solder on a male 5 pin DIN.  
 
Does it matter which of the 5 pins on the DIN are soldered to which wire coming from the RCAs?  Most "zip cord" has just two wires, so I would be soldering at two of the five pins.

Any help (or suggestions) would be appreciated.

Brent
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flyfish2002 OP
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Raul,

Thanks for the post. The tone arm is a Graham 1.5TC, the cartridge is a Clearaudio Stradivari and the phono cable is Silver Audio's Silver Breeze DIN to RCA.

Brent
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flyfish2002 OP
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Thanks, Albert. So in essence what you are suggesting is running the CDp signal through the tone arm via CDp out and this home grown "IC". The signal will then pass through the DIN to RCA phono cable and finally into the preamp via a high-level input. Ingenious!

I have Graham arm with four colored leads, so I would need to remove the four wire leads from the Graham arm to my cartridge (the cartridge can remain attached to the head shell, no?) and connect the alligator clips to the leads. I should try to use all four wire leads - two per alligator clip, no? The Graham manual should have specifics re: the wire leads.

Thanks for your response.

Brent
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flyfish2002 OP
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Thanks for all the very helpful advice. Since I don't have the connectors Thom used, two additional questions re: the alligator clips:

1. My home grown IC will have two alligator clips at one end and two male RCAs at the other. Do I combine the two right leads (red and green), clipping them together using the right alligator clip and then do the same for the two left leads (blue and white)?

2. When I connect the alligator clips, I don't want to crush the tone arm wire terminations - any thoughts here?

Thanks.

Brent
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