Pangea Audio Premier XL Turntable Cable - 1.25 Meter - RCA to RCA

Pangea Premier XL Brings a Multi-Gauge Conductor Design to Your Turntable

A tonearm cable carries the phono signal from a turntable to a phono preamplifier, one of the most noise-sensitive links in the whole vinyl chain, since the signal here is far weaker than a line-level source. A premium cable differs from the plain lead a turntable ships with in conductor quality and shielding.

Pangea's Premier XL turntable cable applies designer Jay Victor's Advanced Multi-Gauge Conductor Design, first developed for Pangea's Premier XL interconnect, to a dedicated phono cable with a ground wire included to combat turntable hum.

Cardas Grade One Copper in a Multi-Gauge Design

Pangea says Premier XL uses Cardas Grade One Copper conductors in designer Jay Victor's Multi-Gauge Conductor Design, using one conductor gauge for higher frequencies and another for lower frequencies, insulated with PE air tubes that must be processed slowly to avoid collapsing during manufacture.

Three Layers of Shielding

Premier XL uses three layers of shielding, Pangea says: a silver-plated copper braided shield, an aluminum/mylar foil shield, and a carbon-filled PE shield, with the middle layer providing the pathway to drain radio-frequency and electromagnetic noise away from the signal.

The Connectors, Explained

Premier XL terminates in a pair of Pangea's Prime 750 RCA connectors on both ends, with an ultra-low-mass, direct-gold-plated Tellurium Copper center pin and a non-magnetic brass shell, plus a separate ground wire to combat turntable hum.

Who Is This Cable Best For?

• Your turntable's tonearm wiring runs straight out to RCA plugs — Premier XL's RCA-to-RCA termination fits that connection directly
• You want a genuine ground wire included rather than sourced separately — Premier XL ships with one, built to combat turntable hum specifically
• You want Pangea's air-tube dielectric and triple-layer shielding on a phono cable — that same construction used on Pangea's Premier XL interconnect applies here
• You are feeding a phono stage with real resolution to protect over a short run — Premier XL's Multi-Gauge design and triple shielding are built for exactly this sensitive run
• Your gear uses a DIN tonearm connector instead — check your turntable's actual tonearm output before ordering; this cable only fits gear with RCA tonearm outputs

How Does It Connect to Your System?

Connect one RCA end to your turntable's tonearm output and the other RCA end to your phono preamplifier's phono input, then connect the included ground wire between your turntable's chassis ground post and your phono stage's ground terminal.

Then power up the system as usual. Other and longer lengths available. Call for prices.

Pairs Well With

A tonearm cable is one link in the vinyl playback chain. It usually joins these categories.

• Turntables — the source of the signal or ground point this cable connects to
• Phono Preamplifiers — the usual destination at the other end of this cable
• Phono Cartridges — the cartridge is what actually generates the signal this cable carries
• Stereo Amplifiers — many integrated amps include a built-in phono stage of their own

Frequently Asked Questions

Does direction matter when I connect this cable?

Where a maker marks a direction on a tonearm cable's conductors, connect it running from the turntable end toward the phono stage as marked, so induced noise drains away from the circuits it would otherwise disturb.

Is this cable balanced or unbalanced?

Unbalanced. Standard RCA and single-ended DIN connections are unbalanced; this cable is not a balanced connection unless its listing says otherwise.

What is the Multi-Gauge Conductor Design?

Pangea says designer Jay Victor uses one conductor gauge for higher frequencies and another for lower frequencies; the exact formula is proprietary, but the company describes this as an oversimplification of a more nuanced design.

Does a ground wire come with this cable?

Yes. Premier XL ships with a separate ground wire specifically to combat turntable hum.

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