SoundSmith Rega combo


Hi all, new to the forum,
  I’m considering a SoundSmith “Carmen” for my P6, wondering if anyone here has done this, if so, do you need a shim/spacer and what alignment did you use?
 Thanks, Paul
ppaul

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Thanks Matt, hoping to not having use a spacer and don’t want to change the counter weight 
Thanks for the links Steve, I heard from Peter himself and says, may not need it. Im gonna go ahead and order the Cart, I think it will make the best synergy/balance for the P6, I don’t really want to go to MC cart at this stage
Update: I was advised by my retailer that whilst its possible to fit the "Carmen" to a Rega arm its fiddly, you do infact need a spacer, if you want to close the lid (which I do) you have to get the Tungsten counter weight, also if the rake angle needs to be adjusted, you need to use fine slivers of business card or some such, (the rake angle advice came from Peter Ledermann himself) my retailer has been doing this for 30 plus years, so I listened to his advice and went with the Ania cart for now, Im gonna save for a TT that has adjustable tonearm height, in the meantime I have a P6/Ania combo to tie me over, hope this helps
mr_m, that TT you recommend cost $4000 with NO cart here in Australia my P6/Ania was $2600 hardly a fair comparison, something that’s costs double would want to sound better wouldn’t it? 
Thanks Tim, in my updated post I stated that I was gonna “save for a TT that has adjustable tonearm height” so a new table is coming just a couple years away, and indeed it will be based around a SoundSmith Carmen