Tone arm plug in RCA cable?


I have a tone arm with a connector that plugs into the bottom of the arm to get the L/R channels from the stereo cart. 

There are currently going into a Sumiko Premire PIB 1 box on the side of the deck… The RCAs going to the phono stage are then combing off of that “break out” box.

So a handful of suggestions of phono lines to come off the table would be great to have.

Or do I just get some thin silver wire and twist up some, as they only need to be maybe 10” long (if even that long),

128x128holmz

Showing 5 responses by imhififan

In the last “option 3” example:

  1. Does one use a specific type of wire? (Like a specific thin silver?)
  2. Which company peddles the DIN plugs ?

This is the link:

decibelhifi.com.au

They should be able to answer your questions.

Is there any meaningful sonic advantage in going direct from DIN to phono stage?
(I think in the past it was mostly a PITA to get the cable into the phonostage without jostling the TT.)

Theoretically, less break in the signal chain is better and I understand why SOTA turntable user preferred a interface box.

 

 

I’ll try an older DIN to RCA I have laying around, and see how it sounds, and then go from there.

IMO, a cable clamp can serve the same purpose as a PIB if using DIN to RCA cable.

 

Let stirring up the pot😁

Another option

Tonearm Cable (TAC) Adaptor

 

Option 2

Rewire the tonearm and extend the wire to a junction box ( PIB ), so OP can try different ICs.

Option 3

Rewire the tonearm with RCA cable.

@lewm 

I could be wrong but I think @holmz want to rewire the PIB-1 stock wire with better cable and looking for recommendations.