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TP50 headshell leads

Posted by dean man jim (A) on May 5, 2011 at 04:40:51

In Reply to: Your favorite headshell leads posted by knownothing on May 4, 2011 at 23:03:04:

A couple of things that may be useful...

I've done some experimentation with my TD150 headshell leads (image below from left to right are self-made silver ones soldered to the headshell pins as were the original leads, some litz leads that I bought and just slid onto cleaned up pins, and self-made leads from Cardas tonearm wire that are soldered to the headshell pins.

Both of the sets of leads that are soldered to the pins sound much better in my system than the litz, including much better bass. Of those two I prefer the silver. I don't have any particular theories as to why the soldered leads sound that much better than the litz in my system but they do. Maybe it's the soldered connection to the headshell, maybe the wire is superior to the litz in the bought leads, I just don't know...

If you take apart the headshell to solder some leads yourself you might be prepared for the assembly / solder / reassembly to take a couple of hours at first. If I had a single headshell or two and didn't want to solder I might look for an electrical technician who probably has the skills and tools to make quick work of it.

Jim

"Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal." Igor Stravinsky

Edits: 05/05/11

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