maudi rose Posted October 10, 2010 Posted October 10, 2010 Hi all. I am looking at upgrading the cart on my systemdek IIX w/ RB300. Currently has a Rega Elys. Any suggestions? Budget of around $500. Will feed into a Plinius 8200Mk2 so have MM and MC option. Many thanks.
T110 Posted October 11, 2010 Posted October 11, 2010 Thomas;135158 wrote: Hi all. I am looking at upgrading the cart on my systemdek IIX w/ RB300. Currently has a Rega Elys. Any suggestions? Budget of around $500. Will feed into a Plinius 8200Mk2 so have MM and MC option. Many thanks. You could continue along the Rega path with the Exact, or maybe a Dynavector DV10x5 which is a tad over $600.00 I think.
joe90 Posted October 11, 2010 Posted October 11, 2010 if you want to keep the rb300 and i suggest you do unless you want to upgrade to an audiomods arm, i would suggest an benz micro silver it is around $500 and i have just put one on my freinds rb300 and with the weight at 1.9g it was unbelievable,
maudi rose Posted October 11, 2010 Author Posted October 11, 2010 Thanks Radar and T110, have the dynavector on my shortlist and will have a look into the benz. The others I have been recommended are from clearaudio and a sumiko blue point. I'm just finding the rega elys a little closed in and rough around the edges - do you think changing to say the dynavector will be a massive improvement? (or in other words - $600 worth of improvement?) Cheers.
Ernie1553552694 Posted October 11, 2010 Posted October 11, 2010 It looks like someone has made a barefaced proposition. Hmmm, paint it black.
guitardude Posted October 11, 2010 Posted October 11, 2010 I really like the combo of the 10x5 and the rega. They seem to work really nicely together, I dont know the clearaudio but I've had 2 Blue point specials in the past, which both broke !! Wouldnt touch one with a bargepole.... Latest ortofons may be worth a look, but if it were me I'd buy the Dynavector and be very happy.
joe90 Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 the benz is a very nice sound and i found a great match with rega arms i did have a blue point special but found it to be a tad slow and uninvolving on the rb300 so i flagged it the benz is only around $500 i think so might want to see who your local stockist is and i think its a sound on an rb300 that would rival most $1000 carts best of luck with your quest and i do not import benz micro carts at all, in case anyone is interested
joe90 Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 Ernie;135263 wrote: It looks like someone has made a barefaced proposition. Hmmm, paint it black. not at all tony i did not offer an arm to this person just an opinion on an arm i own myself
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