Rega are no longer supplying other companies with their arms as they need every one for themselves, such is the demand.
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Rega are no longer supplying other companies with their arms as they need every one for themselves, such is the demand.
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We can only speculate the reasons for moving away from using the rega arm (whether its supply or performance reasons), but based on the technical specs and graph combined with Jeff's reputation, its a good enough reason for me to be optimistic that the series 6 will sound great.
As the late Colonel Sanders once said
"I'm too drunk to taste this chicken!!"
Chip it can't be performance he's been using the Rega arm tube for ages and the reviews have them very highly rated against arms much more expensive, it's got to be that Rega don't want to play ball.
Regarding the graphs, c'mon retailers and hifi mags have been using that old chestnut for years to get people to ditch their old kit and buy new, I'm not disputing that the arm tube will be sonically better, but will it be enough to hear the difference, I'm not so sure, I think the biggest improvement will be in the longer lengthed version of the arm
As the late Colonel Sanders once said
"I'm too drunk to taste this chicken!!"
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I disagree.
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Mark (Jac Hawk),
I'm no expert but my thinking is that when a manufacturer changes the arm tube to a different material, part of the reason has to be performance gains. Whether those gains can be heard or are discernible is another story. I've sent the series 6 technical specs to friends who have been into analog for many years and even without the carbon fiber arm they were really impressed with Jeff's work (most notably the micrometer and the complete wire loom). So if you think about all the features/improvements he's added along the years, its safe to assume that each series is an improvement on the previous one. Carbon fiber is being used in super arms like Clearaudio, Swedish Analogue Technologies and Tri-Planar because of resonance improvements. Time will tell though, like I said I can only speculate. But one thing I'm sure of is that based on all the reviews I've read, everyone is very happy with their Audiomods regardless of which series they own.
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Bakoon 13r Denon DP80 Stax UA-70 Shure Ultra 500 in a Martin Bastin body with jico stylus, project ds2 digital Rullit aero 8 field coils in tqwt speakers
Office system, DIY CSS fullrange speakers with aurum cantus G2 ribbons yulong dac Sony STR6055 receiver Jvc QL-A51 direct drive turntable, Leema sub. JVC Z4S cart is in the house
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System components are subject to change without warning and at the discretion of the owner.
Not relying on rega for supply that could cease on a whim, it makes sense for Jeff to have control of all the components he uses and not be competition for rega. It's human nature for rega to think that all the arms Jeff sells is profit they are missing out on, no matter how small that is.
Bakoon 13r Denon DP80 Stax UA-70 Shure Ultra 500 in a Martin Bastin body with jico stylus, project ds2 digital Rullit aero 8 field coils in tqwt speakers
Office system, DIY CSS fullrange speakers with aurum cantus G2 ribbons yulong dac Sony STR6055 receiver Jvc QL-A51 direct drive turntable, Leema sub. JVC Z4S cart is in the house
Garage system another Sony receiver, cassette deck
System components are subject to change without warning and at the discretion of the owner.
TT 1 Trans-Fi Salvation with magnetic bearing + Trans-Fi Terminator T3Pro + London Reference
TT 2 Garrard 301 with NWA main bearing + Audiomods Series Six 10.5" + Ortofon 2M Mono SE
Digital Lindemann Bridge + Gustard R26 with LB external clock
Pre and Power Amp EWA M40P + M40A
Bass Amp & DSP Behringer iNuke NU3000DSP x 2
Speakers 1 Bastanis Sagarmatha Duo with twin baffleless 15" bass drivers per side
Speakers 2 MarkaudioSota Viotti Tower
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It finally arrived today! Hopefully will have it installed tomorrow if schedule permits. My first impression is that the build quality is very good except for the raise arm finger lift which seems to be made of a hard wire, the tip is quite sharp and is definitely not as nice as the previous rega arm tube finger lift.