Tonearm wire diagram. Many were upgraded to the sme arms in the past but here is alternative. Cardas 4 x 33 awg tonearm wire with shield 4 differently coloured 33 awg 018mm diameter tonearm wires collectively shielded then covered with a thin walled black jacket. I cannot find a diagram showing complete wiring from cartridge to phono pre amp. Dual 1019 tonearm wiring.
One common problem for aging ar xa turntables is frayed or broken tonearm wire. Possibly just add a ground wire or verify it is securely grounded from the headshell back. Tonearm cables are particularly important in the audio cable hierarchy because the low level output from the phono cartridge is very fragile. Electric warrior explores the options and makes it an easy decision.
As the wire enters the arm tube you can see the end of the wire through the rear end of the arm. Rewiring an ar xa tonearm. Striveday 30 awg flexible silicone wire electric wire 30 gauge coper hook up wire 300v cables electronic stranded wire cable electrics diy box 1 44 out of 5 stars 1015 1599 15. The tonearm wires run the length of the entire arms interior pass through the metal plinth and connect to a wiring post that is screwed onto the inside of the wooden base.
Tin one end of the thin 400mm draw wire supplied with the kit the insulation just melts off. Post by dsjr 02 jan 2019 1215. Its often called pseudo balanced. These specially designed interconnect cables come with straight or right angle 5 pin din connectors rca plugs or xlrs depending on the turntable tonearm and phono stage in use.
The thorens tp 16 tonearm is the original tonearm on a thorens td 160. I have used because i had some balanced 2 cores plus screen cable 1 cable per channel from plinth to rca plug at phono pre amp using the 2 cores. 33 awg tonearm wire our standard tonearm wire cardas 33awg is available in four colors green red blue white also as a 4x34 braid and as a 4x34 braid with a shield jacket. Feed the tinned end of the draw wire into the base of the arm.
Hi the wire you have is probably the best way to make a tonearm cable. Using a pair of tweezers or a. The wire through the tonearm should be very light and flexible. Like our larger chassis wires cardas 33awg utilizes golden ratio scaled multi stranded litz conductors and our finest copper.
I dont believe you need to rewire the tonearm though. Keep the shields isolated from the signal wires but connect them to the body of the tonearm and to a separate ground wire which you run to the grounding post of your pre amp.