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RB300 Mod -OR- RB250 Mod, Which you feel is better

I have recently did a wire mod on my RB300. I then went further and purchased the Heavy Weight and removed the Spring from the VTF dial.

Some say the moded RB250 is better because the spring in the RB300 causes resonance problems. On the RB300 it is suggested to set the dial at 3 grams to disengage the spring. I went one further and removed it completely and I must say the arm seemed quite a bit more neutral, less coloured.

Being that I removed the spring and this was the only draw back to the RB300 compared to the RB250, does this mean I now have a modded RB250 with better bearings?

Questions, comments, opinions all welcome here on Audiogon.

-Dave
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take_five_audio
6 posts
 
The arm tubes on the 600, 300 and 250 are all tapered. They taper from 13mm to 12mm at the headshell. As far as OEM's go, what I have noticed is that the genuine Rega 250's and 300's have more attention paid to the finishing. This is evident around the bearing yolk area on the arm.

Gene
dr_ OP
20 posts
 
Basement, when you say the Rega P3 is attached on one side by the spring, what exactly do you mean? Does this mean that since I removed the spring my arm is attached only by one side?

-Daveg
twl
3,251 posts
 
Well, I guess I thought that the RB300 looked more tapered to me, but I guess I'm wrong. Never actually measured them.
Sorry if I gave wrong info.
colitas
150 posts
 
Kind of a tangent, but is the spring easily removed? I am a total newbie from the word go, but do like to experiment. Could one of you break down the procedure?
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