Transparent Phono Cable

Dgad,
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Did you get your UNIverse in Copper or Silver coils ? I am assuming that you got the SB weight.
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Rgds,
Larry
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Dgad,
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The SB weight is the way to go with the UNIverse. My experience was that I much preferred the Copper Coil to the Silver Coiled version by a considerable margin. You did not mention if the UNIverse that you are using is Silver or Copper.
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Congratulations on getting the Schroder Reference SQ. It is one amazing arm.
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Regards,
Larry
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Mark,
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I am so sorry to hear about your Dad and I hope that you and your family are Ok.
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Peace be with you. My thoughts and prayers will be with you.
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Best Regards,
Larry
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Ed,
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Tonearm cables do take an extraordinarily long time to fully break in (buying a used cable is not a bad idea from that perspective). The low microvolt current running through the cable makes for some long break-in hours and as you pointed out, who wants to use up valuable cartridge hours on break-in.
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I have had dramatic success/results with my Audiodharma Cable Cooker that I bought from Allan Kafton at Audioexcellence.
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It works on power cords, IC's, speaker cables as well as Tonearm cables. Allan makes a Tonearm cable adapterthat you can buy that allows one to hook up from the cartridge clips and cook the cable from the clips all the way through din and or RCA's through to the termination that goes into the Phono stage.
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I had over 100 hours on my Graham IC-70 tonearm cable and was floored in the sound after I cooked the tonearm cable for about 30 hours. The Cable Cooker is not cheap, but one of the best investments I have made in audio.
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Alan claims that his Cable Cooker will break in a tonearm cable better than any amount of hours of regular use due. It also works on arms like Tri-Planar and Schroder that provide a continuous wire from tonearm clips to Phono Stage.
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Rgds,
Larry
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