Debut Iii Output Cables, Soldered Or Din?

by **Hawkeye666** » 31 Aug 2011 02:11

Before I take the cover off the bottom of my Debut to check how the Phono cabling is connected, does anyone know off-hand if the Debut has hard wired cabling or a DIN connector of some sort?

Anyone replaced their cabling on a Debut?

by **gofar99** » 31 Aug 2011 03:00

Hi, I just did that to mine about 2 weeks ago. The original was soldered in place. Not a real nice job either. I put RCA jacks and a banana plug in the small housing so I could use any cables I wanted. Right now it is Alpha Snakes. When I examined the original cables they were of better quality than I expected. Double shielded with what appeared to be plated copper wiring. I did not measure the capacitance of the originals nor the AS ones, but on the preamp I had to add 100pf for everything to sound proper.

by **Hawkeye666** » 01 Sep 2011 17:52

Did you drill holes in the housing and then screw the connectors through that? Or how did you attach the RCAs and banana plug female ends?

by **gofar99** » 05 Sep 2011 20:59

Hi Yes, I drilled holes in the plastic cover. If you go that route, be sure to make note of where the inside parts are as you can easily end up with a hole in a place where the inside part of the jack interferes with the terminal strip.

by **Hawkeye666** » 06 Sep 2011 13:00

I was thinking of wiring the terminal strip to RCAs mounted on an aluminum plate at the back.