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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
cableplex OP
40 posts
 
I had the paint bead blasted and then shot peened.

This process compresses the surface porosity and makes the resultant part stronger and stiffer. This mod is what made my P25 sound better than the Scout.
swklein
136 posts
 
Ah, wives and their abilties to hear. I bought a used Audio Research PH3SE a little while ago, and was experimenting with different power cords using my wife's favorite LP. When I put on a used Elrod EPS-2 Signature the difference was so pronounced and positive she asked me what I'd done. When I fessed up to switching the power cord, she asked how much it had cost. It was the Moment of Truth, and I told her, expecting to be berated for spending so much on mere cabling. Instead she said, "Wow... worth every penny considering the difference it makes." Am I lucky, or what?
readster
241 posts
 
Hey, anytime a cheap component sounds better to you than a more expensive component, that is a good thing, spend the extra money on more cool toys.

Reade.
g_m_c
443 posts
 
Where did the RB 600 arm that the 25 came with go?
twl
3,251 posts
 
Plato, yes the HiFi mod is the mod with the lead fishing weights on the ends of the Rega bearing axles.

It is simply amazing when you use it with the lower compliance cartridges on the Rega arms.

Basically, it just makes the horizontal effective mass a better match for these cartridges, and boy does it make a difference in sound!
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