Equipment placement v cable length

[Latteman]

Being lucky to have several turntables I have usually only ever run one at a time for space reasons.
Recently I placed another on the side wall away from the main area necessitating a long cable run to the phono stage- probably 5 meters of coaxial cable.
It sounds ok
I have a spare phono stage
What do you think- Is it preferable to run a longer cable from the turntable or a longer run from the phono stage to the amps.
Cheers

[Geoff.R.G]

Being lucky to have several turntables I have usually only ever run one at a time for space reasons.
Recently I placed another on the side wall away from the main area necessitating a long cable run to the phono stage- probably 5 meters of coaxial cable.
It sounds ok
I have a spare phono stage
What do you think- Is it preferable to run a longer cable from the turntable or a longer run from the phono stage to the amps.
Cheers

Personally, the only way I would run a low level signal that far is if it were balanced. I’d put a phono stage close to the turntable and then run the longer cabinet at line level.

[Latteman]

I agree. Keep the cartridge to phono amp cable short. It's the most important cable in the system.

Would moving all the turntables away from the speakers be an option?
And moving the pre and power amps too. With a long speaker cable run?

[Geoff.R.G]

Would moving all the turntables away from the speakers be an option?
And moving the pre and power amps too. With a long speaker cable run?

I agree.
If you have to have long cables they should be the ones carrying the highest level signals.

[Daniel Quinn]

The use of long phono cable is frowned up because of noise. If yours is not noisy I would not worry about it.

In domestic situations signal degradation is not something you need worry about even with a low output m.c