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Ideas For Phono Cable For My Turntable.

I am looking to upgrade my phono cable which goes from my Technics SL1200g to my preamp.  It needs to be RCA on both ends with a ground wire. Presently I am using a VPI cable left over from my old Scout. The VPI cable was made by Discovery.  There is nothing wrong, I just want something better.  VH Audio has a Furutech silver cable at under $600 (max I want to spend) but never heard it and not sure I want silver. There is a Nordost Frey used for around $600 but never heard that either.  I am open to any ideas.  I want to keep the cable at 1 meter. 
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@chakster,

I think I am going to do that, I got nothing to lose.  Thank you
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@dover,

I am not at all interested in replacing the tone arm, I am very happy with the 1200G arm. The main reason I got this turntable is because my wife was comfortable using it, she wouldn’t touch my prior VPI Prime. For that reason alone, I will keep the turntable stock. I hadn’t heard that much about Discovery so I thought it was a cheap cable sold to VPI and then jacked up a couple hundred percent to make more money on it.


I plan on replacing my ZU modified DL-103 cartridge for a Dynavector DV20X2L cartridge and thought I would upgrade the cable at the same time. If the cable I am using is more than good enough then I’ll keep what I have. This is the first generation cable that was $300 for the meter pair with ground, not the newer more expensive one they sell now.
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@williewonka,

I had Andy at The Needle Clinic retip my cartridge last year. He replaced the cantilever and stylus with a Shibata.  The problem is that cartridge is not optimal with my arm and I never much cared for the sound of it. I bought it here, new from Audiofiel only because it was a real good deal. I had the older Dynavector DV20 before that and loved it. That’s why I want the newer one in the low output.  I think I will upgrade the cartridge and see how it sounds with my VPI phono cable before buying into another cable.  I really hate spending more money on cables as I have a large tote bag filled with cables I bought and tried. 
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