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In Reply to: RE: Those are so much better than the junk that is usually sold to newbies. posted by John-from Seattle on February 19, 2021 at 09:53:08:
The real comparison is to Crosley and the entry level AT 120 IMHO, and there it becomes a clear winner, but once used is thrown into the mix, it's anyone's game.
I will tell you my bizarre Rega experience of the last year. I had a Rega RP6 with Exact as a backup table to play thrift store records. It was my second RP6, having sold the first one because we never really got along. When I sold the Linn's and SOTA, the RP6 became my primary table, but I just did not like something about it. Kind of a pervasive darkness that I remembered from my first RP6 and my RP3.
I have owned Regas since the early 1980s and am a real fan, trying to always have at least one around. At any rate I saw a NAD 533 for $100 and thought I would buy it to harvest the RB250 tonearm off of it for an idler project that I am working on. The NAD 533 is an old style Planar 2 with an MDF platter rather than the thin glass of the Planar2.
You probably know the rest of the story, I preferred it by miles to the RP6, not that anyone else would. Sold the RP6 and bought the heavier glass platter of the Planar 3, as well as the metal end stub from an RB 300 arm. The final piece was that I had a Rega tungsten counterweight and some spacers in my parts drawer. For short change it is great. As it happened, a friend offered me his RB250 arm with Origin Live end stub and counter weight as well as Incognito Cardas retire and an Origin Live VTA adjuster. That arm is a step up from the original one, but I could happily live with the other. Now that I have an extra RB250 I'm looking for a more ambitious table with a Rega cut out.
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- Yes, probably made by Hanpin, but they have refined their production over the years. - viridian 14:56:36 02/19/21 (17)
- I'll wager... - ghost of olddude55 09:54:44 02/20/21 (0)
- RE: Yes, probably made by Hanpin, but they have refined their production over the years. - John-from Seattle 16:53:48 02/19/21 (15)
- P6 is a completely different, and superior, table. No comparison IMHO. - viridian 18:21:32 02/19/21 (14)
- RE: P6 is a completely different, and superior, table. No comparison IMHO. - John-from Seattle 18:24:02 02/19/21 (13)
- Sweet John. Spinnin' Lee Morgan on the old Thorens TD125ii with an adult bev. Nt - viridian 18:27:10 02/19/21 (12)
- What did you think of the kick drum on "The Rajah?" nt - ghost of olddude55 08:40:52 02/21/21 (7)
- Yes, that baby has impact. Billy Higgins is a bit more stealth than... - viridian 13:17:31 02/21/21 (6)
- Picked up Paul Chambers "Bass On Top" yesterday.... - ghost of olddude55 13:49:14 02/21/21 (5)
- That is a great LP. I cannot remember which issue I have at another location. nt - alaskahiatt 15:14:21 02/21/21 (0)
- Ooohhh.....that one is on my list, as well as some of the Verve/UMG... - viridian 14:54:35 02/21/21 (3)
- I'm also looking forward to "Out of the Cool." - ghost of olddude55 15:58:25 02/21/21 (2)
- You're ahead of me as usual. A gent that I was chatting with... - viridian 17:36:51 02/21/21 (1)
- Apparently, not all of the Impulse master tapes were destroyed in the big Universal fire. - ghost of olddude55 18:03:17 02/21/21 (0)
- RE: Sweet John. Spinnin' Lee Morgan on the old Thorens TD125ii with an adult bev. Nt - John-from Seattle 18:45:10 02/19/21 (3)
- The Rajah. Tull live up next! Friday night and all. nt - viridian 18:52:48 02/19/21 (2)
- RE: The Rajah. Tull live up next! Friday night and all. nt - John-from Seattle 20:42:41 02/19/21 (1)
- Never heard of him, just checked him out. Cool stuff, but I do watch Battlebots. Nt - viridian 08:23:13 02/20/21 (0)