It Also Doubles As An Apple Peeler.

Twl, I unfortunately, would have to consider this a very thorough excercise in futility. And, it is shameful the amount of design, engineering, and manufacturing resources invested in a product of this nature.

It's the kind of project in which one design engineer would walk by another design engineers' drafting board and say, "Uh, I think we may have a little problem". How can the topics that Albert, you and I have discussed in this thread not have been recognized by the design engineering staff of a huge company?

Was their design criteria so far advanced that individuals such as ourselves, could not comprehend or understand? Was there an intrinsic value there that we still fail to recognize?

It does however, make you realize the value of quality engineering that contributed to REGA RB series design. That line demonstrates the results of what sound engineering and product execution practices can really accomplish.

Overachievement.

Respectfully, Ed.

Makes me want to dig out my old Rabco arm!

Twl expressed all my thoughts perfectly. The relatively large change in angle of the short arm when tracking a warp would challenge many cartridges. Too many bearings and parts to resonate. Too many connections in the signal path.

I have his HIFI Mod on an OL Silver and it does exactly what he designed it to do, and nothing more. The best engineering is the simplest engineering, and nothing is hard to to - especially for a committee of engineers.