Originally Posted by
chipcalzada
...commented that my cart would be a better match with an arm that has VTA since the stylus is sensitive to VTA.
There are VTA spacers mods parts exiting out there for the Rega 251 tonearms if ever. Just dig out on the net some and you might find different options. There's mat thickness and shims as well...
Turntable to tonearm combination can be a match or not so much but the cartridge/tonearm resonance is a much more critical combination point on the resonance factor for optimal performance.
The Technics tonearms are not my cup and are admitted by some of the SL-1200's defenders to be their "weakest" feature on the phono point of view. The GR's are even of the lighter mass kind.
Keep on modding your old Techie IMO.
Last edited by tlscapital; 08-01-2019 at 16:13.
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