TONEARM REWIREE - DUMB QUESTION


I am thiking about re-wiring an arm myself from cartridge tags to phono plugs.

 

My questions are:

 

1. after exiting the arm does one solder a heavier gauge of cable to beef up the smaller cable

2. does one simply shield the cable on exiting the arm

3. any wire recommendations other than cardas which i understand are quite stiff

lohanimal

Showing 1 response by delm

I moved the phono equalizer close to the TT so I could use a two foot cable pair I made.  The signal wire is 24 AWG solid copper and the shield is 3/8" braided for low capacitance of 15 pf/foot.  The dielectric between signal and shield is cotton yarn, big stuff about 2mm diameter, 25 strands.