As more and more people send me their exotic tonearms for Idler-ization, and I get a few of my own, the more and more my already-enthusiasm for the Rega tonearms increases!! They also LOVE idler-wheel drives, where, like Hercules putting on his ring, they become Divine. It can stand its ground with the most exalted tonearms out there (seems too many are still listening strictly for detail) in terms of absolute and overall sound quality, and is easy to set-up and install, easy to mount cartridges, fun to play the effective-mass game with the spring downforce of the RB-300 to better match to a variety of cartridges, and it's NOT delicate and IS robust, a true and trustworthy work-horse!! And most important, very musical. Set up an MC on it, and only come back to fiddle with it when the stylus is dead, simply spending hours spinning discs. A true high-end tonearm which does all this, and is cheap too with innumerable upgrade possibilities!! I think I'll arrange to be buried with mine, it has migrated across very many 'tables over the years, and across many of my Lencos!!
So, glad to hear you loving the beauty of your Lenco, Welcome Home, Fish ;-).
Up here I've been experimenting as well with my new RS Labs tonearm (had a hard-on for this one for years now), which is quite simply stunning, though a Bitch to set up due to the threaded holes in the headshell (can't mount my beloved Grado Platinum, boo-hoo). May be the Best Tonearm on the Planet (I'm finally building myself a serious two-armed Lenco: I'll take the RS-A1 for a serious test spin and report back later), THE most transparent, and the pivotting headshell works: all tracing distortons nasties are gone gone gone!! Where are my old friends hardening and steeliness on certain passages?? Ronnie warns me not to look at it too hard as it will fall apart, and it certainly is no Rega in this respect, very fragile. But, apart from the headshell holes, not very difficult to set-up. Can't own one if you have children or pets though, or live in an earthquake area. Have fun all!
So, glad to hear you loving the beauty of your Lenco, Welcome Home, Fish ;-).
Up here I've been experimenting as well with my new RS Labs tonearm (had a hard-on for this one for years now), which is quite simply stunning, though a Bitch to set up due to the threaded holes in the headshell (can't mount my beloved Grado Platinum, boo-hoo). May be the Best Tonearm on the Planet (I'm finally building myself a serious two-armed Lenco: I'll take the RS-A1 for a serious test spin and report back later), THE most transparent, and the pivotting headshell works: all tracing distortons nasties are gone gone gone!! Where are my old friends hardening and steeliness on certain passages?? Ronnie warns me not to look at it too hard as it will fall apart, and it certainly is no Rega in this respect, very fragile. But, apart from the headshell holes, not very difficult to set-up. Can't own one if you have children or pets though, or live in an earthquake area. Have fun all!