Rob Fisher said:

I'm considering replacing the tonearm cable in my LP12 (Ittok
LVII/Arkiv/Lingo/Microgroove+ phono stage) most likely with a Russ Andrews
TAK-Cu. Anybody got any opinions? It seems like a sensible kind of
upgrade, but I'm a little wary of Russ Andrews because he seems to sell a
lot of - in my opinion - snake oil. (£900 mains cables, mains purifiers
etc.)
BTW I wouldn't be fitting it myself - the deck's due a service, and I'd have
it fitted professionally then.

I don't have experience with the cable you mention, but I rewired my
Rega RB300 myself with silvercable by Siltech.
That made a difference with the MM cart I used at that time.
I don't know if it will matter much with MC carts, since the low
impedances involved probably won't allow the cable's properties to
interfere with the signal.

One other tip: let your repairman fit 2 cinch connectors at the back
of the turntable and have the arm wiring mounted directly on them.
This way, you can experiment with different interlinks yourself btw.
turntable and preamp.
Also, this comes in handy when you have to remove the TT (happens all
the time here g).

--
Sander deWaal
Vacuum Audio Consultancy

"Rob Fisher" wrote in message
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I'm considering replacing the tonearm cable in my LP12 (Ittok
LVII/Arkiv/Lingo/Microgroove+ phono stage) most likely with a Russ Andrews
TAK-Cu. Anybody got any opinions? It seems like a sensible kind of
upgrade, but I'm a little wary of Russ Andrews because he seems to sell a
lot of - in my opinion - snake oil. (£900 mains cables, mains purifiers
etc.)


Nothing wrong with Russ Andrews !
He's a good dude !

If you are contemplating an Ittok re-wire you might as well do it properly
and replace all the arm wire. Get rid of the connections and have a
continuous run from cartridge pins to RCA's.

Internally damp the tizzy Ittok armtube at the same time.



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"Rob Fisher" wrote in message
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I'm considering replacing the tonearm cable in my LP12 (Ittok
LVII/Arkiv/Lingo/Microgroove+ phono stage) most likely with a Russ
Andrews TAK-Cu. Anybody got any opinions? It seems like a sensible
kind of upgrade, but I'm a little wary of Russ Andrews because he
seems to sell a lot of - in my opinion - snake oil. (£900 mains
cables, mains purifiers etc.)


Nothing wrong with Russ Andrews !
He's a good dude !

He sells the best quality snake oil you can buy ;-)

"Rob Fisher" wrote in message
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I'm considering replacing the tonearm cable in my LP12 (Ittok
LVII/Arkiv/Lingo/Microgroove+ phono stage) most likely with a Russ Andrews
TAK-Cu. Anybody got any opinions? It seems like a sensible kind of
upgrade, but I'm a little wary of Russ Andrews because he seems to sell a
lot of - in my opinion - snake oil. (£900 mains cables, mains purifiers
etc.)


IF you are still using the original cartridge leads that came with the Ittok
then change them!
Buy some SME Silver litz leads then thank me later.

You will hear much more treble (aka detail), *deeper* into the bass and
record surface noise and scratches.

Steve