which turntable or how to convert to balanced phono setup?


Im a total noob with vinyl please bear with me,

I just purchased a b stock Teac PE 505 balanced phono preamp to replace a buggy Gold Note PH5

im looking for a turntable upgrade to run balanced  with an mc cart

so aside from those tables that have xlrs outs,

is it just a matter of finding a din to xlr tone arm cable?  or is there more to it?

I dont understand the differences between tables like mine that have RCA outs (technics 1200 gr2)

and those with "tone arm" cables

 

 

 

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Showing 1 response by cleeds

Most turntables/pickup arms provide inherently balanced outputs although - strictly speaking - they’re really floating. That is, they have a separate + and - for each channel, and a ground that is not connected to either. (That’s the purpose of the separate ground wire.) You need only to connect those outputs to the inputs of a balanced phono preamp to enjoy the benefits of a balanced phono stage. Those benefits include resistance to RFI/EMI and potentially greater gain (or better S/N), depending on the design of the phono stage. To be clear, you won’t get those benefits if you don’t also run your phono stage’s balanced outputs into a balanced line stage.

The type of connector is really secondary - there are balanced phono stages that accept only RCA connectors on the inputs. (ARC, for example.) In your case you can use either the RCA or XLR connectors on the Teac PE 505’s inputs and get the same result.