Pro-Ject Phono RS 5P/RCA

Phono RS 5P/RCA is the Connect it RS phono cable for tonearms with a 5-pin DIN output: a straight DIN plug at one end, two RCAs and a ground wire at the other, with silver conductors.

Phono RS 5P/RCA: plugs and conductors

It is the cable to choose when the arm has a 5-pin DIN socket instead of RCA outputs: the straight plug fits under the arm and at the far end the cable splits into two RCAs for the phono stage, with the ground wire run separately. Otherwise it is built like the other RS-series cables, with pure silver conductors of 2 x 0.2 mm² (a figure from the Italian distributor).

With cartridge signals, which sit in the millivolt region, cable capacitance matters most, and here it is 71 pF over 1.23 m. They are protected by a helical screen of silver-plated OFC copper plus a conductive sub-jacket, neither of which stiffens the cable. The dielectric is flexible cellular polyethylene and the covering is halogen-free TPE. Signal contacts are rhodium-plated copper and the plugs have a non-conductive carbon body. Made by hand in Europe.

Specifications

• Type: stereo phono cable with ground wire
• Tonearm end: straight 5-pin DIN plug
• Phono stage end: two RCAs, rhodium-plated copper contacts
• Conductors: pure silver, 2 x 0.2 mm²
• Capacitance: 71 pF over 1.23 m
• Dielectric: flexible cellular polyethylene
• Screen: helical silver-coated OFC, conductive sub-jacket
• Outer jacket: TPE free of halogens