Quote Originally Posted by Jeff Wood View Post
I agree, I've got the same tone arm wiring kit from Kab.

Did make a big difference.

The tone arm damper improves the bass a bit but don't expect a massive change.

Better to put the money towards an Ian Mac bearing, that did make a noticable difference, massively improved the bass.

But I think the thing with the whole 1210 upgrading is that you can easily spend a lot of money and only get a subtle difference,
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Whereas is that money was spent on other things, ie a speaker or an amp upgrade then the sonic improvement would be much greater..


EG, the cost to change up from a Brio R to an Elex R is about the same cost as a decent outboard power supply, but the amp upgrade is FAR more noticable...

And dont get me started on my RS1 to RS7 change,,now thats an upgrade
Yes, absolutely. The KAB rewire & the KAB litz RCA wiring made the biggest turntable upgrade difference.
And you're right about the upgrades, each only giving small improvements, while the money could probably be better spent on component upgrades. I guess you end up just chasing the turntable dragon.
How would I go about getting an Ian Mac bearing? He's on this forum, correct? Are his bearings expensive? I'd be very interested in trying a new bearing, but wasn't about to she'll out almost $700 for a Mike New, which I think may have even stopped being produced, last I heard.