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Rega RB250 Tonearm Upgrade Options/Opinions

I’m looking to upgrade from my Rega RB250 (Thorens TP250) to ?? The turntable is a Thorens. I’m considering a Rega RB2000, AudioMods Series 5, Clearaudio, Moth 2000?, Origin Live?. Suggestions? Pivot to spindle needs to be 222mm. I know that there are a lot of Rega modified tonearms out there. Any input would be helpful. I’m also up for something besides Rega or Rega modified.
butzchan
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syntax
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The best - and cheapest - improvement is to rewire the Arm cabling (inside).
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bdp24
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A whole industry evolved out of the owners of Rega RB300 arms needing the junk stock wire (with numerous solder joints) replaced with high quality stuff. Brooks Berdan rewired a lot of them with Cardas cartridge tags and internal copper wire, terminated on George's RCA jack block, but I had him do mine to RCA plugs. Soldering of only the cartridge tags and RCA plugs to the wire!
williewonka
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@bdp24 ...

A whole industry evolved out of the owners of Rega RB300 arms
A whole industry eveloved out of every part Rega used in their Turntables!
- platters, subplatters, bearing, arms, balance weights, plinths, belts, single wire harness - just to name a few :-)

But I have not seen replacement lids or on/off switches :-)

Regards - Steve





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bdp24
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Ha, true Steve! At least Rega did the casting of the arm tube well (just kidding Rega lovers ;-). I went to the Santa Clara, CA shop of Groovetracer to order my counterweight, which is a really cool design. But if you get every after-market Rega part, you end up spending enough to have bought an imo better table/arm from the outset. A good way to get a fully-modified Rega is from someone who has already done it all. Let him take the loss.
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