Din or RCA output?

jeromelang

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If you are offered a choice of DIN output or RCA output for your new tonearm, how would you choose?

What are the theoretical sonic and practical benefits of DIN-to-RCA phono cables?
 
I would choose DIN because most tonearm cables are offered in DIN to RCA. If you choose RCA that doesn’t enable you using any interconnect. Low capacitance, low impedance and proper shielding is necessary. You need to find a RCA to RCA tonearm cable which limits choices.
 
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I'd go with DIN for the convenience of having the ground on the tonearm end already bundled.
 
Do cable manufacturers check the directionality of the bundled ground wire on their din-to-rca phono cables?
 
XLR fully balanced. Mc cartridges are balanced

I actually use DIN to XLR (Phantom E) and captured to XLR (SAT), I'm trying to figure out how to cable my EMT Banana.
 
Do cable manufacturers check the directionality of the bundled ground wire on their din-to-rca phono cables?
Directionality of a ground wire? What does it mean?

To the OP question: I'd choose the MDIN connector. It is a better connector for a true differential signal path to the sut or phono amp than the (quite horrible, why on earth did it become a standard) RCA.
 
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Ground wire, or wires, used for grounding purposes, have to be checked for directionality, as the direction in which the wire is being connected - from the source component to the ground destination - can greatly affect soundstaging and frequency extension at either ends.
 
Are you saying that swapping the ends of a single ground wire does that?
 
Can't make it any more clearer than that
 
Ok.
 

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