'I have done this operation a number of times' (Atmasphere). Well the best upgrade for the Rega is the rewiring of the mentioned part (from the collar to the pre). I have never seen such a worthless cable before.
This is, I assume, the reason why Atmasphere rewired this arm also for his friends(?). On ebay.uk you can get all the needed parts, even the special made Din 5 connector
so you can use any phonocable you like. If you are scilful you can rewire the arm all the way from the cart 'pins' to the phono-pre. The construction of Rega is such that you
have easy access to the armwand. The balanced connectors have only sense if you have a really balanced phono-pre. You should check the thread(s) about this issue.
Regards,
This is, I assume, the reason why Atmasphere rewired this arm also for his friends(?). On ebay.uk you can get all the needed parts, even the special made Din 5 connector
so you can use any phonocable you like. If you are scilful you can rewire the arm all the way from the cart 'pins' to the phono-pre. The construction of Rega is such that you
have easy access to the armwand. The balanced connectors have only sense if you have a really balanced phono-pre. You should check the thread(s) about this issue.
Regards,