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Rega peculiarities

Hi Bacobits, I've appreciated your advice in several Rega threads, and in this case I agree with you, too, starting with less AS with the RB303 and adjusting by ear seems to be the way to go. I didn't even use a test record, per se, just the specific grooves where I previously heard sibilance and distortion until it was minimized...I don't think the Elys2/Rega alignment can allow one to completely get rid of it. In addition to the fixed 3-point mount of Rega cartridges (I've switched out to a DL-110 and am now using the Rega/Baerwald alignment) I think my AVR phono input was being overloaded by the combination of the Elys2's relatively high output, the imprecise alignment, highly modulated passages on certain records, a phono section not up to the task, and a possible anti-skate issue. I wasn't sure, but I would've gone nuts trying to get things right. I may have taken the easy way out, but changing the cartridge to the Denon DL-110 solved a couple of problems right off: It had a lower output and a less finicky stylus profile. The Elys2 may have been a rocker of a cartridge--the set-up blew me away at first--but ultimately I, too, got a headache like Bigblueoxe. The Denon is like the good-natured girlfriend who is easier to live with than the high-maintenance hot one you had for a while. Regarding the latter, however, when I get the funds to be better prepared with things like an outboard phono etc., etc. I may give 'er a hollaback. But right now I'm good with the DL-110. I'm not even too concerned about that drooping rear end ;-)


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