Tone arm upgrade

I agree with those who say change the cartridge. Put a Lyra Dorian in there and you will be amazed at the difference. If you want to spend less, I recommend a Goldring Eroica. Very good cart for under a grand. That being said, I upgraded from a Rega 600 arm to a used Ekos and it was a big upgrade - as it should be for twice the price used and over 3x the new price. Contrary to what's said around here very often, sometimes the more expensive stuff IS better.

Look into Trans-Fi Terminator straight line tracking tonearm. Having had a Maplenoll Ariadne TT/arm with SLT, the sound the straight line arm produce is not equaled and Trans-Fi has addressed the issues that caused me to sell my Maplenoll--the potential for some place prior to the air reaching the table of having the hose blow off, the pump fail, or something. The Trans-Fi uses such low pressure air flow in its execution that it can ran without any air flow (if something happened) once it's going for several hours without any tendency of the arm locking up. This happened twice with my 'Noll and the cantilever bent severely both times. The sound of the Trans-Fi is better than my 'Noll's and it was way better than anything I've had since. See if you can ever buy a used Tran-Fi. I haven't seen one on here in 6 years and I look a couple times a day. That should tell you about the quality and sound of these arms. No one sells these arms after buying one. $1275 for a fully pimped out specimen plus shipping. Go on their website and see all the different tables with one on there including yours. The look is much like the actual cutting mechanism used to make records.

What does better mean in terms of actual sound....I don't think the upgrade would bring that much. If you nit pic...sure it might do better but I would think there isn't much value in the upgrade. A cartridge change is in order however.

+1 on Origin Live. I had the same upgrades to an RB300 as you, but upgrading to an OL Encounter was a revelation. Vastly superior. Have since moved up to an OL Conqueror, and really have no further urge to change arms.

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