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Special "phono cables" from turntable to phonostag

Lately, I have been caught in the "cable syndrome" that seems to catch up with everyone eventually.. .. I used to silently laugh at myself when reading about all of the people speaking of the differences in interconnect cables. Not that I didn't believe that there could be a difference in sound. It's just that the cost of the cables seemed out of proportion to the alleged improvements.

Well, all of that changed when I made the mistake of visiting my local dealer, who loaned me a pair of high quality Transparent interconnects to try at home in place of my Audioquest Ruby cables, which I was sure that were as good as I would probably ever need.

Anyway, long story short,(too late!) after playing with cables for about 2 weeks in my system, I noticed that I was neglecting the Phono cable from tt to Phonostage. My dealer tells me to not use a network cable(i.e. Transparent) in this application. I wonder how much I am missing with the Ruby cable here?

Any light will help!

I fear that I have entered "Audio Nervosa" as one writer put it recently. But my system has never sounded so good!
If only I could make the last few adjustments....and maybe a new phono cartridge...and that pre-amp upgrade that has been bugging me.....

Brad
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steelhead
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I come from the same doubting background. I did not believe that cables made much, if any, improvement. I definitely changed my mind and heard a difference going from Monster to Audioquest to Goertz.

I recently upgraded to a SOTA turntable. I needed a cable and won an auction for a Zu Xaus tonearm cable. I can't put a definite amount on the improvement as I have a new turntable and tonearm making differences (same cartridge), but the Zu tonearm cable is kick ass and I get a presentation of both weight and air that makes spinning vinyl a real joy.

Try to audition Zu Xaus if you get a chance.
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