Hi all,
following Jeff Spall masterwork at www.william-reed.net/rega, I'm trying to apply some ideas to my RB 250 arm, and just wanted to share with your experience/thoughts:
I already equipped my Rega 250 with an Expressimo endstub and counterweight and experienced a totally different sound from it. A good idea seems to have cw weight at a level which is as near as possibile at platter level.
Now, while rewiring the arm with a cheap ultrathin wire I got (BTW it seems quite difficult to remove the enamel out of it), I thought of taking some more mass off the arm.
The principle behind this would be to concentrate mass arm near the pivot, so reducing vertical inertia of the arm.
So, last weekend, I cut out the lifter (most uncomfortable, but I decided to accept the drawback).
Now, while Jeff pattern is spiral, Michell Technoarm has an array of 2 x 11 holes, all located in the inferior arm hemi-part.
Thinking of mass distribuction, where the reduction of mass would give more benefits???
Thanks for sharing,
Ciao,
Stefano
P.S.: Would be sensible taking the paint off with a sanding approach (a la Dremel) be a way to achieve a sort of hardening of Alu (similar to bead blasting)?
following Jeff Spall masterwork at www.william-reed.net/rega, I'm trying to apply some ideas to my RB 250 arm, and just wanted to share with your experience/thoughts:
I already equipped my Rega 250 with an Expressimo endstub and counterweight and experienced a totally different sound from it. A good idea seems to have cw weight at a level which is as near as possibile at platter level.
Now, while rewiring the arm with a cheap ultrathin wire I got (BTW it seems quite difficult to remove the enamel out of it), I thought of taking some more mass off the arm.
The principle behind this would be to concentrate mass arm near the pivot, so reducing vertical inertia of the arm.
So, last weekend, I cut out the lifter (most uncomfortable, but I decided to accept the drawback).
Now, while Jeff pattern is spiral, Michell Technoarm has an array of 2 x 11 holes, all located in the inferior arm hemi-part.
Thinking of mass distribuction, where the reduction of mass would give more benefits???
Thanks for sharing,
Ciao,
Stefano
P.S.: Would be sensible taking the paint off with a sanding approach (a la Dremel) be a way to achieve a sort of hardening of Alu (similar to bead blasting)?