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A tonearm cable carries the phono signal from a turntable to a phono preamplifier, one of the most noise-sensitive links in the whole vinyl chain, since the signal here is far weaker than a line-level source. A premium cable differs from the plain lead a turntable ships with in conductor quality and shielding.
Pangea's Premier XL turntable cable applies designer Jay Victor's Advanced Multi-Gauge Conductor Design, first developed for Pangea's Premier XL interconnect, to a dedicated phono cable with a ground wire included to combat turntable hum.
Pangea says Premier XL uses Cardas Grade One Copper conductors in designer Jay Victor's Multi-Gauge Conductor Design, using one conductor gauge for higher frequencies and another for lower frequencies, insulated with PE air tubes that must be processed slowly to avoid collapsing during manufacture.
Premier XL uses three layers of shielding, Pangea says: a silver-plated copper braided shield, an aluminum/mylar foil shield, and a carbon-filled PE shield, with the middle layer providing the pathway to drain radio-frequency and electromagnetic noise away from the signal.
Premier XL terminates in a pair of Pangea's Prime 750 RCA connectors on both ends, with an ultra-low-mass, direct-gold-plated Tellurium Copper center pin and a non-magnetic brass shell, plus a separate ground wire to combat turntable hum.
Connect one RCA end to your turntable's tonearm output and the other RCA end to your phono preamplifier's phono input, then connect the included ground wire between your turntable's chassis ground post and your phono stage's ground terminal.
Then power up the system as usual. Other and longer lengths available. Call for prices.
A tonearm cable is one link in the vinyl playback chain. It usually joins these categories.
Where a maker marks a direction on a tonearm cable's conductors, connect it running from the turntable end toward the phono stage as marked, so induced noise drains away from the circuits it would otherwise disturb.
Unbalanced. Standard RCA and single-ended DIN connections are unbalanced; this cable is not a balanced connection unless its listing says otherwise.
Pangea says designer Jay Victor uses one conductor gauge for higher frequencies and another for lower frequencies; the exact formula is proprietary, but the company describes this as an oversimplification of a more nuanced design.
Yes. Premier XL ships with a separate ground wire specifically to combat turntable hum.
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