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In Reply to: RE: Rega RP 8 ??? posted by claud on December 05, 2016 at 12:46:19
The RP8 still has no VTA adjustment. Yes, there are aftermarket gadgets you can buy to add this but most ( all?) rely upon fitting a kind of adjustable collar to the arm pillar which, in turn, requires boring out the arm mounting hole. OK for non Rega setups with a separate armboard but less attractive for 'tables such as the Rega range where the plinth is also the mounting for the arm as routing out the hole would be irreversible.
Of course the external plinth on a P8 is decorative only and the arm is mounted directly to the "spider" chassis which also holds the turntable bearing and the structural stiffening plate. The latter would also have to be routed out if you were to do this. I wouldn't attempt it myself as I think it would incur too much structural compromise.
My view is that you either go along with Roy Gandy's view that maintaining structural stiffness trumps any advantages VTA adjustment can bring or you look elsewhere.
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My RP6 required no boring out the arm mounting hole. My Rega dealer set the table up for me.
"If people don't want to come, nothing will stop them" - Sol Hurok
Looking at your picture the "stressed beam" assembly doesn't appear to make intimate contact with the plinth. Can you measure a gap with feeler gauge?Ken
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I've never seen one of those.
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