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Owners of Jelco arms?

In my haste to buy a new Jelco arm (TK 850M) while still available I forgot they do not come with an interconnect.  So I'll need a cable with a straight DIN which does not cost more than the arm!

Can any other Jelco owners comment on what you would recommend and why you like it?

Thanks
pryso
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jond
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Didn't I just read Jelco was shutting down?
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simao
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@jond Yes.
hdm
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Another vote for the Audio Sensibility. I use their copper version (2 in fact) and found it to be noticeably better than the the Jelco cable-I used the 506 balanced
version for many years. 

I described the differences that I heard in a review of the cable at Canuckaudiomart linked to below. My assessment of it was very different than
noromance's but we have also been on different sides of the fence on the Yamamoto HS4 headshell as well-we must have different listening priorities/preferences. 

If you search there are also other reviews on the Audio Sensibility cable that 
are a bit more recent at Canuckaudiomart as well. 

http://www.canuckaudiomart.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=45784
bpoletti
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I think Turntable Labs has JAC-501 cables.  The cables are pretty good.  

Turntable Labs was a little slow shipping, but they are in NYC and it was during the full lockdown, so they are forgiven.
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@hdm Hi again. On both the AS phono cable and Yamamoto headshell, the dealbreaker for me was loss of high frequency detail and air which impacted transparency and spacial cues, and ultimately the soul of the music. The AS cable had no redeeming quality over the Jelco 501. The HS4 had cleaner mid bass but that wasn’t enough to redeem it. Perhaps it has to do with my system but I would counsel the OP to try both cables and make their own decision. 
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