Tonearm revamp

[Rare Bird]

I recon sending that arm off & getting re-wired & set up would be cheaper than a new 'RB300'..I really do prefer the sound of the 'RB200' Your choice tho Nathan.Good luck whatever yer choose.

[RochaCullen]

Its a bit of a project for me. The cost of starting it was not significant, so I'd like to plough on myself and see how far I can bring the TD160 plus R200. Its my first foray into vinyl.

[DSJR]

You're going to hate me for saying this, but HiFi dave will agree as a very long standing Rega dealer, that a Planar3/R200 sounds comfortably better than a TD160/R200. I didn't work for a Rega dealer back then (circa 1980), but the very few Rega's traded in for a Linn were immediately put on dem and sold on in hours.....

[RochaCullen]

Well, I've heard the combination of linn arm and TD160 sounds better, but as I've mentioned this is a bit of a project, and like the rest of the hifi nerds here its just as much about the journey as the sound.

Still, I managed to sort out the earthing problem last night. Turned on my amp and switched on the deck, and it was so quiet I thought something must be broken. Deathly quiet. I dropped the needle and out of the darkness came the sound.

I still have an anti-skate problem, the added torsion from the tonearm rewire is causing the problem I think, so I will take it apart again tonight and see what I can do to stop the wire interferring with the arms position. I might have to bite the bullet and get some thinner wire with a ptfe skin.

Only thing to do after that is buy myself a dedicated MC phono stage to go with my DL-304, which is probably a terrible comination with the R200, but as I said, its a journey.

Nathan