There's no reason why you can't use regular IC's if your TT allows for it. I have 2 VPI's with RCA terminations and have never had any problems. You still have to pick a cable that you like the sound of, but that will always be the case. For me, I get best results with AQ cables with the DBS system. They need a minimal amount of break in and they stay that way even if they don't get used heavily. A really safe, good sounding choice, would be the Jaguar/Columbia. I have several pairs and have yet to find an application where they don't sound great. If you want to try silver, the Cheetah is an excellent choice. I use them on both of my TT's. I do feel that you take on a bit more risk with those because sometimes the silver doesn't sound good with certain components. I haven't tried Kimber in a long time, so I can't comment on those. I do have some Cardas Golden Reference. That's also a very good cable, but I still prefer the AQ.
nordost or kimber tonearm cable
Hi, i been looking to upgrade my stock phono cable from my pro ject turntable. I heard it would be best not to use a regular interconnect even though it would work but not sound the best. So im looking for the best affordable tonearm cables and the two im intersted in are the nordost blue heaven and the kimber tak cu. The cables would have to be rca to rca because my turntable does not use a din input. I dont want to spend a crazy amount of money, but ive once owned the blue heaven flatline ic's and sold them because they werent very warm sounding even though the speed was impressive. I never heard kimber before but in a review about this cable someone said they were too bright in his system. Im just looking for a better cable but not a brighter cable. The cardas cross is a little out of my budget but would it be the best choice or is this all subjective to system matching? Has anyone heard these cables because i cant find much info on tonearm cables. Thanks
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