I am looking for a tonearm cable to replace the stock one on my RB250 arm. Nothing too fancy. A good quality OFC copper or (silver plated OFC copper) cable terminated to a pair of RCA plugs (and ground spade) and 5-pin mini DIN female connector. I would expect this to be a standard and common cable. I have done some research and it seems that any average cable would cost over [SIZE=-1]£[/SIZE]100. I really don't see why when at the same time you can find interconnects (2 x RCA to 2 x RCA) with the same cable specs and characteristics for [SIZE=-1]£10-[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]£[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]20. What is so special about a tonearm cable.
I have been thinking of building my own - not so much for the price issue but in order to find out if there is actually something so "valuable" in this cables that I have not taken into account.
So the idea is to use:
1.2m 2RCA to 2RCA interconnect cable with shielded twisted pair of OFC copper conductors
1.2m hook up wire terminated to a spade (for ground wire)
and a 5-pin mini DIN connector.
It seems that all I have to do is remove the one pair of RCA plugs from the interconnect and solder all 5 ends (1 ground, 2 "hot" and 2 "cold") to the 5 pins of the connector.
Am I missing something here?
I think that this can be done for no more than [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]£20 [/SIZE]and not only be a major improvement over the stock cable but also compete with unshielded, inferior cables that are priced many times more.
Your views on the topic would be very much appreciated.
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I have been thinking of building my own - not so much for the price issue but in order to find out if there is actually something so "valuable" in this cables that I have not taken into account.
So the idea is to use:
1.2m 2RCA to 2RCA interconnect cable with shielded twisted pair of OFC copper conductors
1.2m hook up wire terminated to a spade (for ground wire)
and a 5-pin mini DIN connector.
It seems that all I have to do is remove the one pair of RCA plugs from the interconnect and solder all 5 ends (1 ground, 2 "hot" and 2 "cold") to the 5 pins of the connector.
Am I missing something here?
I think that this can be done for no more than [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]£20 [/SIZE]and not only be a major improvement over the stock cable but also compete with unshielded, inferior cables that are priced many times more.
Your views on the topic would be very much appreciated.
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