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Rega Elys II cartridge: Is it worth the money??

I am considering buying a Rega P3-24, but am not sold on Rega's cartridge, Elys II. I have read very little about it, except it being mentioned in last month's Absolute Sound review of the P-3-24. How does it stack up against the Dynavector 10X5, or either the Sumiko Blue Point#2 or the Sumiko EvoIII. The EVO and Dynavector are about $100 more in price and both are high output moving coils. The ElysII is a moving magnet. Need some input about this cartridge and whether it is competitive.
sunnyjim
mordante
511 posts
 
If you want a rega cart buy the exact. Either buy a MM or low output MC. Never really understood the purpose of high output MC's.
audiofeil
4,011 posts
 
Rega is the United Kingdom's version of Bose.
rnm4
308 posts
 
AudioFeil:

How so? Rega products typically gets excellent reviews in the Hi-Fi mags, receive lots of awards, makes the single most popular tonearm put into use by other TT companies, have legions of devoted fans who hang out at places like Audiogon, and are carried by lots of serious mid and hi end dealers. Bose is scorned by the mags and by everyone around here, and is sold only through them and box stores.

But I guess I shouldn't feed the troll.
dopogue
1,773 posts
 
Bear in mind that Audiofeil refers to Koetsu cartridges as "dinosaurs." Which means, it seems safe to say, that he is a dealer neither for Rega nor Koetsu.
fafafion
190 posts
 
Audiofeil's answer illustrate what is wrong with the hi-end today.

jelous dealer who will try to sell their products and try to kill the competitors no matter what.

Rega is run by a passionate group of 'proper' engineers,not by ex-hifi salesmen who think that they know everything ,hence start a hi-fi company

It also just show how little the word heritage ,and the importance of properly engineered products,are appreciated by people in the frontline of hi-fi ;the dealers.
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