Phono cable for 100?

If your arm has a standard DIN plug I would rent a range of cables from The Cable Company (1-800-fat-wyre). They carry a whole range of phono cables and by trying them you can deterine whether they are an improvement or not before you lay out the cash.(Because all rental charges go toward purchase you have nothing to lose...) I also agree with albertporter - youare dealing with such a small signal, seemingly minor changes can make a big difference.

There is a great one by LAT international for under $200.00. They let you try it for 45 days at no charge.

I replaced the stock cable on my Linn Ittok with one made from the Sakura Systems OTA cable kit (see www.sakurasystems.com and the discussion group under this forum).

A 3' run with a Van den Hul 90 degree din plug cost me slightly less than $80. You'll have to find someone who has
some of this cable to spare - unless you want to buy the complete kit of 50 meters and rewire your entire system.
It's well worth doing.

Compared to the stock Linn cable there's much more micro-detail, air around instruments and slam. I tried the original cable last week and was shocked at the difference.

Happy spinning,

Mark