Many expensive phono cables, when stripped down, are found to contain only rebadged and repackaged versions of Military Coaxial cables, with the wrong diameter, wrong capacitance, and not made for phono application. Many of them are either too low gauge (wires too big in diameter) which greatly increases capacitance, or they have a jacket material that is not made for phono application. We believe you can achieve a much higher level of performance by rewiring your tonearm to have one single wire from Cartridge Clips to RCA Output : i.e) The AnalogMagik Reference Tonearm Cable, with a rewiring of your tonearm's internal wire Many tonearm manufacturers simply buy off the shelf copper or silver wires which are not made for Phono Application. Each of these connections is detrimental to the sound and greatly increases the resistance of your cable. Din Pins to Din Pins (Spring Loaded contact).Internal Wiring to DIN Pins (Solder Joint).A typical tonearm with SME headshell to a DIN connector will have 11 connections: An SME Headshell and/or a DIN connection is a huge compromise. Our philosophy in Phono Cable design is to have the lowest number of connections from the headshell clips to the RCA output, which means the best phono cable is a direct run of wire from clips to output. Every aspect of the cable, from the conductor material, size, di-electric, separation, shielding, braiding, to grounding, have a much larger impact on the sound than any other cable in your system. The requirements for phono cable are drastically different from Line Level RCA/XLR signals which are typically 100x higher. Unlike RCA Line level signals, analog signals generated by your MC cartridges range from 0.05 mV to 0.9 mV, which is one of the lowest electrical signals known to man. AnalogMagik does not make any other cables, and will only focus on what we do best: Analog Setup. 100% Made in Canada The AnalogMagik Reference Phono Cable is born out of popular demand.

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