I am thinkg of upgrading the interconnect cable of my Thorens TD 320 MK III turntable. Can something like this be done on this particular TT? (There is no plug for ICs on the TT side, they are fixed). Is it worth the effort and the money for such an upgrade on this class of a TT? Any recommendations/opinions are welcome.
Hi Diavlos, yes to soldering (see X above). However the arm cable does not need to be modded (it has 4 wires & a mesh); you have to thread it through the arm, securing it in the back of the arm. Then you can terminate in a little box (as Xiekitchen), or, using a longer length, terminate with rca's direct. It may pay to get a technician to do this...
I had my audio dealer modify my Rega 3 years ago this way with cardas wire in the tone arm going to a cardas conversion box that has female cardas rca plugs, and a separate wire coming out of the arm base underside for the ground. This works great for me and I use an ensemble set of interconnects. Yes, there was soldering involved to the rca's. You may want to check out a cardas dealer.
First and foremost, I would like to thank you for your response.
My TT have the standard Thorens tomearm that comes with it and a Benz Micro (Glider, year 1996) cartridge. I need a little clarification regarding the phono cable installation. Will the Van der Hull or Clearaudio cable have to be modified at all? or it just has to follow the path through the tonearm to the cartridge? is there any soldering involved?
Diavlos: what's the arm? Changing the cable on the Thorens supplied one is finicking but well worth the trouble. You'll get the technician to run it through from cartridge straight to pre rca's. V d Hul, Clearaudio are good cable choices -- there are many others.
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