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In Reply to: New into records, help, Rega vs VPI posted by thebigtummy on December 6, 2005 at 05:19:07:
"In San Jose the local store likes Rega and doesn't like the VPI Scout. He says that the standard tonearm skates. They have a demo Rega P7"LOL!! If a salesmen is saying that the JMW-9 tonearm "Skates"....he should maybe think about selling tires as he has no clue about TT's! He is just pushing the products the store owner chose to sell!!
"He says that the Rega tonearms aren't shielded and can't take the Grado". Again...LOL!! This guy is talking out of his @#$! I am sure he is a nice gentlemen but steer clear of this store. You are getting bogus info.
Grado's can be somewhat difficult to match to some tonearms but I think he might be refering to the famed "Grado Hum". IIRC, Grado's will start to pick up EMI radiation from the motor when mounted on a Rega deck due to the cartridge coming into close proximity of the motor when tracking the inner grooves. Someone else might be able to shed some more light on this subject.
The most important thing to be aware of is matching the cartridges suspension with the mass of the tonearm. You want the arm/cartridge's vertical and lateral resonances to fall between 8-15 hz.
Go online and checkout www.amusicdirect.com or Jerry Raskin's "Needle doctor". There is also www.acousticsounds.com to check out a very good selection of what is currently available and the customer service is excellent as well.
The Rega P7 TT with a Clearaudio Virtuoso Wood cartridge just might be your ticket to the sound you desire.
The market is very rich with TT's and cartridges and the choices/combo's are virtually endless.Best of luck in your search,
kenster
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- Re: New into records, help, Rega vs VPI - kenster 06:00:14 12/06/05 (2)
- Re: New into records, help, Rega vs VPI - thebigtummy 06:10:28 12/06/05 (1)
- Re: New into records, help, Rega vs VPI - KT88 10:17:45 12/06/05 (0)
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