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Long cables from turntable or phono stage

Hi I have a question that involves a compromise. I have a turntable that (for various reasons) has to be positioned a little distance from the hifi, about 4m of cable. Would it be better to connect the turntable (transcriptors hydraulic reference, ADC XLM ii) to the phono stage (moon 110LP) then run long singled ended cable to the amplifier or should I run long extension cable from the turntable to the phono stage and use a short interconnect from the phono stage to the amplifier? For visual reasons the latter is better. Any thoughts?
(Amp is plinius tautoro/SA103, speakers confidence C1 Dynaudio, tautoro is the line stage only version).
ninox

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rauliruegas
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Dear Ninox: IMHO always that's posible we want to connect the cartridge signal coming from the tonearm/TT as shortest is posible to the phono/preamp stages.

The cartridge signal is extremely delicate and sensitive due to its very low output and as more lenght it has to run as more degradation happen. In the other side a longer IC cable means higher capacitance that affect the quality performance of your ADC cartridge.

Now, the output impedance of your Moon 110LP is low enough ( 50 ohms. ) for you can run long cables to the amp with out trouble.

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.
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