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So my wife says to me this morning

So my wife says to me this morning "What did you do to your stereo"?

This morning I took the DL103 off the VPI Scout and mounted it on the Rega P25 with modified RB250 (paint stripped off the armtube and tungsten counterweight installed). I was dying to hear what differences where to be had with my tonearm mods.

"it sounds do much better. Sounds more like music, and less tinny."

Grrr!

That's not what I wanted to hear. The VPI costs so much more, and it looks so much better! Should sound better, right?

It did sound good, damn good. My feet were tapping for the first time.

Well, I put the Scout back in, and had the wife listen again. She said "it sounds irritating, it sounds like noise."

I guess I could put the Scout on display and the P25 in the back somewhere and have it spin the vinyl instead of the Scout.

:( I just love the looks of the Scout.
cableplex
scotty_910
119 posts
 
Be glad you have a wife who cares enough to notice how it sounds.
aggielaw
267 posts
 
Good points all. Cableplex, I don't know about your wife, but 9 times out of 10 when I ask my wife for an assessment of a change to my system she says "You're the one with the golden ear, dear, it's all the same to me." (Golden ear? Hardly.) So when my wife says something like what yours said, I know it's time to sit back and smile because the stereo has just scored points in the WAF area, and that makes EVERYBODY happy! :)
gmuffley
132 posts
 
I guess that's what you get when you listen with your ears instead of relying on the reviewers! Bravo to you.
pmotz
412 posts
 
I seem to recall discussion on the Regas with respect to them running fast. Perhaps there is a speed issue causing the difference? Do you have a speed controller such as the SDS for the Scout? There may also be a compatibility issue with the cartridge. Obviously if the Rega sounds better then that is the way to go, but don't dismiss the Scout based just on this.
twl
3,251 posts
 
I think that the Scout has a better drive system, but the Rega arm is a better match for the DL103.

For Cableplex, if you want that system to really sound good with that cartridge, take 5 minutes to do the HiFi mod to the tonearm for about $2, and you and your wife will really be happy.

Then put the Rega arm on the Scout, and you'll be in business.
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