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My Rega RP6, Exact combo may be going back due to hum.

Greetings again.

About a week ago I wrote on another thread the issue that I was having with my Rega RP6/Exact combo and the hum that it was making and how it got worse as the tonearm approached the spindle. My dealer is willing to take it back and exchange it for something different. He has been very gracious and even came to my house to diagnose the problem; returning the rig is not a problem. He has an Planar 3 with Elys 2 in the store with EXACTLY the same problem. He is also very disappointed at the product since just  recently started carrying the Rega line. I feel like I should purchase another table from him and the other choices are Music Hall, Project and the Marantz TT15 S1. I have heard the Marantz (made by Clearaudio) and it sounds great, although not in my system. He is also an Ortofon, Grado and Goldring dealer in case I want to try a different cartridge.  

Suggestions?? Thanks again. 
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schubert
7,386 posts
 
Only reason belt-drive was pimped as superior was Euro companies
 did not have the capacity to build the great DD spinners than Sony. Pioneer ,Sansui , Denon, etc did .
Did Japanese turn out a lot of cheap junk?, yes they did.
But their top players were the best ever made within the price any serious
music lover could afford .

ericsch
768 posts
 
Les Creatvie Edge,
Did you have to raise the Rega arm for the Denon Cartridge?

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stringreen
6,531 posts
 
VPI and ortfon black
les_creative_edge
174 posts
 
erisch,


Yes, the Denon DL-110 required about 2mm or so of a raising to make tonearm parallel to the record. I attained 9 small flat washers and super glued them into 3 stacks, 3 high which give a 2mm or so height. I then drew up the 3 points of screws holding the RB-330 down and slipped these  stacks of washers under the base and then screwed the arm back down. It works great and keeps things rigid, hardly noticeable too  as the flat flat washers are silver and the brace on the P3 is silver too.
schubert
7,386 posts
 
Sounds like fun but you still do not know if 1.9 or 2.1 mm would sound better, or if 2.4 would be far better .
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