Turntable RCA Leads

[Squishman]

I was thinking about putting a turntable in my bedroom system. Decided it wouldn't be practical as I would probably have to put a shelf on the wall away from the Denon AVR. But it got me wondering about the cable length if I did ever decided to do that. How long can you run them?

 

[TLS Guy]

I was thinking about putting a turntable in my bedroom system. Decided it wouldn't be practical as I would probably have to put a shelf on the wall away from the Denon AVR. But it got me wondering about the cable length if I did ever decided to do that. How long can you run them?

As short as possible as the longer the leads the higher the capacitance. The variable capacitance of leads is one of the biggest variables in disc reproduction. Unfortunately all cartridges require a different loading capacitance.

SME issues their PU arms with very low capacitance leads, and then the user solders the optimal capacitance at the base of the arm. The Quad 44 preamp has dip switches to set the optimal capacitance for the cartridge you are using. This basically works if you use an SME arm which is low capacitance and then you can set it optimally. I suspect that most Quad users did use SME arms back in the day. I did and still do,

 

[Squishman]

A couple years ago, I started digitally recording my LP's. I think I'll continue that so when I want to play an LP in the bedroom system, I will have it in the digital format at least.