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Rega arm vs Sumiko

I' m about to have my 20 year old Sota Sapphire with a Sumiko MMT arm updated by Sota and someone has offered a Rega RB 250 arm very reasonably to me. The MMT came with the table when I bought it years ago and performs fine - would the Rega be an upgrade?
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schubert
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I never noticed the degrade that a detachable headshell supposedly causes,
I used to keep three or four headshells with different carts for different music when I had a nice Sony DD table, lots of fun!
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mofimadness
4,987 posts
 
"I never noticed the degrade that a detachable headshell supposedly causes."

Agreed. I've owned hundreds of arms and a lot of them had detachable headshells. I never noticed any degradation either.
bpoletti
1,553 posts
 
Rega 250 arm? Good for toasting marshmellows. MMTs are for playing vinyl.
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misternice
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The sumiko mdc 800 is the tonearm you want.It is in the super tonearm category,and works very well with sota.A upgraded rega would be a 3rd as good at best.
jperry
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"02-19-15: Misternice
The sumiko mdc 800 is the tonearm you want."

I agree with you. The MDC 800 would be a great choice. No longer in production, but they occasionally are offered for sale. This was a classic and desirable pairing with the SOTA turntable.
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