Williewonka, that link talks about weldments and welded joints etc. Please, this is not relevant to the topic at hand. I design pressure vessels for a living, I know my materials as well as the quality of castings coming out of China (we buy by the boatload). I am not going to argue about elementary material science on an audio forum....believe what you must. I am out.
Which is the Better Tonearm - Pro-Ject or Rega?
Which is the better arm in your opinion, the Rega 251/202 arm that's also found on the Rega clones (Edwards Audio TT1 for example), or the Pro-Ject arm found on the Debut/Essential and Pro-Ject clones (such as the Music Hall MMF 2.2).
Does Pro-Ject's carbon arm (as found on the Debut Carbon) change your position on the comparison?
Thanks!
Does Pro-Ject's carbon arm (as found on the Debut Carbon) change your position on the comparison?
Thanks!
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Seadweller - I am on my 3rd ProJect table and currently have the latest incarnation of the carbon 9cc evolution. Some of its positive virtues are: - Rock solid bearings without any slop at all - Tracks exceptionally well -Setting up VTA is simple and straight forward -Simple to adjust perfect channel bias (verified w/ test record) - Achieves ideal LF resonance range (also verified w/ test record) - Can typically set up a cartridge perfectly in under 30 minutes (with caveat for anti skate noted below) - Comes w/ 3 weights to accommodate any cartridge and the included scale is within .05g as compared with a digital force gauge - stock wiring is pretty good (caveats below) Some of the negatives - The tonearm lift and arm wand rest are pretty cheap - The anti-skate post (fishing tackle) only offers 3 settings so I've always generally set them up w/ too little than too much - Unless purchased with as a bundle with a table, seems a little expensive for what it is. - Wiring lugs are very very soft and delicate (common) After looking up the audiomods tonearm after following this thread, I do like the idea of having the micron adjustment for VTA and it might be fun to put one together from kit. That said, after reading a 6moons review I personally don't see it as an upgrade (most notably the bearing slop noted). Take care Greg |
Greg - a comment on the the Audiomods review by 6Moons - it was completed in 2012 - Jeff (Audiomods) appears to have taken note of comments from that review - the more recent arms now come with much better ceramic bearings :-) I have the Series II with the new ceramic bearing and I cannot detect any "bearing slop" as noted in the review. Regards... |
Greg - even if you don't try the Audiomods Arm - give the KLE Innovations Absolute Harmony RCA's a try on your Project 9cc They will elevate it to a whole new level of performance Fightin words you say? Take a look at... http://image99.net/blog/files/cf662af46f47abf6d812010ad97da98e-49.html http://image99.net/blog/files/1621fffaa60c22b5f8210f57d628f961-58.html http://image99.net/blog/files/a8494e8645dea3d750d109f819103099-61.html I've been fortunate to be able to review most of the KLE Innovations product line over a 2-3 year period (nice being retired) and have even field tested some of them on friends systems. To date I have not found a product that outperforms their TOTL products. But even their entry level products outperform many big name brands And if I didn't have already have the Audiomods arm - I'd take advantage of they weak pound also :-) Regards, Steve. |
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