Rega has also sold hundreds of thousands of tonearms over the past 5 decades audiophiles have purchased OEM versions of its tonearms from a number of brands including Michell, Origin Live, Moth Audio, and Goldring. Me, on the other hand, super happy that I scored bargain.Rega’s iconic turntables have been in production for 50 years and would make any credible list of high-end audio components that have changed the industry. He was quite disappointed with the outcome.BUT he is a well prosperous lawyer so he will live.$650 - cheap change. Once again, we have proven that most justification for more expensive product happens in our brain and rarely is based on the actual superiority in quality improvements. It was refreshing to realize that neither me nor the owner of this high end system could hear ANY difference!!! My job was to identify any differences with a hope of getting consistent results and point to the specific mat. So I brought over my el-chipo Teac asking him to switch mats without telling me. Dartzeel pre-amp with built in custom tune phono stage and Zeel's mono blocks feeding Wilson Alexx speakers. He uses SME 30/12 with 12" SME V arm and Soundsmith Hyperion cartridge. He has amazing system in the large - dedicated room - The beauty of his set up is that the TT is set behind the listening chair so whoever operates it, is out of sight the person who listen. OK - I just came back from my friend who owns spectacular system where we had a chance to compare the $650 Stein Music The Perfect Interface Pi Carbon Signature to my $30 Teac Washi. Place the record on the mat, brush it, cue it, release the cue.The problem is you don't need the Tru-Lift when you lift off the arm yourself sometimes, so I am always checking it. When you're used to doing a ritual for 40 years unconsciously, it takes time to change. As a side note, the Tru Lift arm lifter I recently got works great (after some tricky adjusting during set up), as long as I remember to reset it every time it lifts the arm before the next record plays. Sometimes practicality and usability become the primary issues. That where the cartridge is set up for anyhow, and the Washi is about 1 mm thinner as is the VPI. If it keeps happening, I am going to put a couple very small pieces of 2 sided scotch tape between the Rega mat and the platter and be done with it. I went back to the Washi and I think the problem with it is that it is slightly larger than the others and may come up because I am lifting it when I lift the record, not form static. I have the Washi mat (which is supposed to sound better), the Rega original mat, and last week when I was at VPI (new VDH distributor) getting my Van den hul cart replaced, he gave me a VPI mat that has a plastic like backing to a felt mat that he said will never come up from static. I don't see anyone in the market with better value arms than Rega. I guess if your cartridge were shorter than Rega's it could be a problem. To be honest, I was not looking to improve the sound which is great, just to eliminate the static/mat lifting problem.įor all you Rega haters complaining about the lack of VTA adjustments on their arms, there are things called spacers that can correct for cartridge height. The long time owner of a stereo store said he has one on all 3 of his tables, but he is not a Rega dealer. It is very stiff - almost like a record because of the material in between the 2 washi sheets. Being 1 mm thinner than the Rega mat should not cause an audible difference from the cantilever angle standpoint. It's just 1mm thick and so far for 5 days it sounds better - a little tighter/more exact, although that could just be a placebo effect and it is very subtle. This type mat came highly recommended and eliminates static. I just got a TEAC washi mat for my Rega P8 because the Rega mat would come up when flipping or changing records sometimes due to static.
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