Rega Elys II cartridge: Is it worth the money??

Let me throw my hat into the ring of Rega supporters. My NAD 533 table (A Rega Planar 2 w/ RB-250 arm) has performed flawlessly for the past 6 years, and I am seriously considering a Rega P5 when I decide to buy a new table. Additionally, I have spent a lot of time listening to my brother's system with a Rega Planet CD deck, Naim amplification, and Totem speakers, and have been very impressed.

I recommend going with the Exact ll which is a cut above the Elys ll.

Rega is a good product.

Case closed.....

third vote for the exact,its vital fine line stylus provides good detail, a true to life high end, tight bass, and toe tapping music. It's a cartridge I can live with for as long as it lasts.

Rega is the Bose of the UK? What a stupid and arrogant thing to say especially from a dealer.

Blowhard dealers are sooooo annoying.

Although I am a Rega dealer, I don't need to pretend that their products are competitive with the very best, but they were never intended to at their price points. I think where Rega falls down, if you want to call it that, is that Roy Gandy is committed to offering solidly engineered non-tweeky products at fair prices, and professes loudly that "tweeks", even including things like better cables, VTA adjustment, etc., are not valuable. Nor does he take any cues from the hoards of after market products designed for his decks. IMHO, he couldn't be more wrong on these last two points, but his products consequently consciously cater to the plug and play crowd, of which there are many many more than us tweeks. And for us tweeks, there are those hoards of after market products.

Getting back to the original post, at that price point I would recommend the Exact II or the EVO III or Clearaudio Aurum Beta S depending on your taste.

...and again, dealer disclosure.