G'day, you don't state if your cartridge is moving magnet or moving coil but iin the case of a typical moving magnet cartridge the inherent capacitance of the interconnect cable is the important factor and excessive capacitance will 'resonate' with the coil inductance of the cartridge with unfortunate results on the audio frequency response.
It is best to keep the cable capacitance to around 100 picofarads maximum. For most good quality shielded cables, this will be around 1.2 metres or thereabouts. A good capacitance meter is a very useful test instrument investment.
With moving coil cartridges because of the much lower coil inductance, longer cables can be tolerated as additional capacitance causes no problem, however in that case cable resistance becomes the dominant issue, so keep it as short as practicable in any case! Regards, Fap.
It is best to keep the cable capacitance to around 100 picofarads maximum. For most good quality shielded cables, this will be around 1.2 metres or thereabouts. A good capacitance meter is a very useful test instrument investment.
With moving coil cartridges because of the much lower coil inductance, longer cables can be tolerated as additional capacitance causes no problem, however in that case cable resistance becomes the dominant issue, so keep it as short as practicable in any case! Regards, Fap.