Changing/Upgrading RCA cables on Tech 1200s

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Posted by ExcelonGT on Jun-28-2002 03:03:

Changing/Upgrading RCA cables on Tech 1200s

I was wondering how I could upgrade the garbage Radio shack RCA cables on my 1200mkII's. anyone know??

Posted by j_spot on Jun-28-2002 05:51:

really I have no clue, but it cant be that hard.

what do you want to change it to? XLR? 1/4 inch?

but a soldering iron will be neccesary for sure

Posted by EldamRy on Jun-28-2002 06:40:

look for medium qulity cable

the most important is : GOLD PLATTED

!

Posted by ExcelonGT on Jun-28-2002 06:51:

quote:
Originally posted by EldamRy
look for medium qulity cable

the most important is : GOLD PLATTED

!

Yes, I was thinking of audiophile grade interconnect cables. My father's hobby is high-end hometheater, andhe has some audio engineer frieds that could put together something for me. I know im a quality freak.

Posted by EldamRy on Jun-28-2002 08:09:

EXCELONGT : when is your next house party ??

Posted by ExcelonGT on Jun-28-2002 08:47:

quote:
Originally posted by EldamRy
EXCELONGT : when is your next house party ??

haha...yes movie nights at my house are always a given. God knows how much money my dad dumps into the hometheater. The rack on teh wall is just loaded with super expensive amps and processors. Now i'm telling him to scrap the projection tv and go with a ceiling mounted projector.

Posted by HyPeRSoNiC on Jun-28-2002 12:40:

quote:
Originally posted by ExcelonGT

haha...yes movie nights at my house are always a given. God knows how much money my dad dumps into the hometheater. The rack on teh wall is just loaded with super expensive amps and processors. Now i'm telling him to scrap the projection tv and go with a ceiling mounted projector.

hmmmmmm......... seems to me you're a rich person.

Posted by JohnSmith on Jun-28-2002 15:20:

quote:
Originally posted by EldamRy
look for medium qulity cable

the most important is : GOLD PLATTED

!

you would think that for the price you pay for them, technics would come with gold plated cables.. NOPE!

I might replace mine too, of course, that would void my warranty..

Posted by Spin Doctor on Jun-28-2002 18:15:

It�s really surprising just how much shoddy cables affects sound quality! Just one tip though, make sure you have a good quality Mixer and Styli/Cartridges otherwise any sound improvement will be lost!

Posted by ExcelonGT on Jun-29-2002 00:30:

soo...anyone know the proceedurs to do this? I like to have an idea what I'm doing before I got taking apart my Techs.

Posted by j_spot on Jun-29-2002 05:09:

it depends on how nice you want it to look

you could just chop the old RCA off the end, cut back some of the sheild, and solder on a new RCA/XLR or whatever you want as an out from the TT(id suggest sticking w/ RCA) If you buy nice RCA they should come w/ a neck sheild so that it will cover the bit you hacked off.

the other option, is to open the Techs, rip the entire RCA apparatus(cords+ends) out and solder a new set in.

Id try the 1st one. Its not hard @ all, should take 10 minutes

Posted by eran on Jun-29-2002 08:46:

Hi.

Check out the instructions at http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStri...ceRCACables.htm

Posted by Dj Thy on Jun-29-2002 13:12:

quote:
Originally posted by j_spot
it depends on how nice you want it to look

you could just chop the old RCA off the end, cut back some of the sheild, and solder on a new RCA/XLR or whatever you want as an out from the TT(id suggest sticking w/ RCA) If you buy nice RCA they should come w/ a neck sheild so that it will cover the bit you hacked off.

the other option, is to open the Techs, rip the entire RCA apparatus(cords+ends) out and solder a new set in.

Id try the 1st one. Its not hard @ all, should take 10 minutes

Prefer the second method over the first. Only changing the connectors won't affect the sound quality much. Changing to high grade cables will.

In my opinion the best results you will get is with high grade OFC cable (oxygen free) of a pretty big diameter, and Neutrik RCA connectors (they cost quite a lot, but they are the best you can get). And remember, keep the cables as short as possible.