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    I also like rega derived arms on the techie, I currently us a rb300 fully modded by jonnie from AO, and I have tried and owned several other arms but keep coming back to this one
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    Why does nobody mention that when set at the correct height on a Techie, Rega arms are an ergonomic pain in the arse? The arm lifter lever ends up too low and has to be scrabbled for, like this.


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    My first "proper" arm on my modded 1210 was the Michel Technoarm "A" which is the predates the Audiomods arm. I HATED it as a combination with my 1210, you did indeed have the dreaded problems with the arm lift but for me the arm just simply didn't gel. I later solved this problem by using a SME V.
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    I used a Mission 774 on mine before fitting a Fidelity Research 64FX to it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    Why does nobody mention that when set at the correct height on a Techie, Rega arms are an ergonomic pain in the arse? The arm lifter lever ends up too low and has to be scrabbled for, like this.

    Hugo mentioned it a couple of posts earlier, well 4 actually

    Edit: and cageyh mentioned it just before that too........ That better Kevin ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by mikeyb View Post
    Hugo mentioned it a couple of posts earlier, well 4 actually
    In response to my post...

    Why does nobody read threads properly?
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    Quote Originally Posted by CageyH View Post
    In response to my post...

    Why does nobody read threads properly?
    Oops I forgot you'd said it too, but seeing as I was scrolling from bottom to top on my phone I didn't get to your post when I saw Hugo's so I quoted his thinking that was where I'd read it earlier

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    So Rega arms or modified Rega arms by Audiomods, AO and Michelle Techno arms are not made for the Technics. What other tonearms shall i start looking? Thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by kambo_z View Post
    Currently i am using ortofon blue and in the future probably denon 103 or 110. thanks
    If you plan to use the Denon cartridges, you'd probably find the original standard Technics arm perfectly adequate, there's nothing actually wrong with it. It's probably worth trying out before considering arm changes. Just fit a heavyweight headshell.

    The standard arm is like the rest of the turntable, it works very slickly and easily. You are less likely to get this with alternatives.

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    Thanks Geoff. I was thinking the same. What headshell would you recommend?

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