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In Reply to: RE: Riga Planar 6 with Ania Cartridge posted by jackrussell on August 28, 2020 at 13:44:55
....no comment on it, as I think that it speaks for itself.
And I am no Rega hater, currently owning two Regas and having had one, at most times, over the last 40 years.
I will speak to the Ania however. I think that any cartridge, at this price point, sporting a bonded elliptical stylus is not good VFM. I think that the Exact, with it's nude mounted, square shank, Ogura Vital stylus, is better value, if you don't want to mess with spacers, and you are happy with a warmer sound signature. The Ania Pro is also a really great sounding cartridge, but you would need to stretch to the next price level to afford it.
There are, of course, many high value non-Rega cartridges that will match well with that arm. You can certainly feel confident with cartridges at least to the $1500 range.
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I got to listen to one. I was floored when I have heard how much it was! I would have never guessed it had a bonded stylus.
Which phono stage did you use with Ania?
...that the Elys and the Ania are described as having an elliptical stylus and the Ania Pro as well as the better cartridges in the line, a nude mounted stylus.I used the Rega Aria, now sold, the original, steel body Black Cube and a Denon AU320 into the phono stage of a modded Precision Fidelity C8.
The Ania struggled on the inner grooves and, anecdotally, that is what you read. IMHO an YMMV, I do not consider it a very good value.
Edits: 08/29/20
many of my favourite carts have a nude elliptical stylus.
if it has a bonded stylus, Rega should have stated explicitly.
I don't recall Ania struggling on inner grooves on both on RP10 and LP12. Phono we used was a Naim Superline with Supercap PSU. ( I know it's over the top but it was much better than a Rega phono a dealer originally hooked up to )
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