lejonklou wrote: ↑2022-01-03 00:11 That one leads to the other is why I decided both to be a prerequisite for participation in this forum.

So you are saying that you must only use 'the tune dem' to asses Hi-Fi in order to participate in this forum? Or....what?

There is no law of diminishing results that topples the Hierarchy. Even a tiny improvement made at a more fundamental level will outweigh a massive improvement later in the chain. Gonna have to disagree with you then. If you think a top-spec LP12 playing into a cheap amp and £50 worth of bookshelf ...

The hierarchy knows no brand loyalties. I do agree with source first hierarchy, including the components of the turntable, but there are limits. The law of diminishing returns means that towards the top of the performance ladder you are paying a lot of money for slight improvements. So it makes no ...

I borrowed his P10 and hooked it up to my system for two weeks going back and forth with my LP12 and the P10 and the one thing that became clear to me was this inherent coloration embedded in the LP12's DNA... Interesting, thanks for sharing that experience. I know the LP12 is coloured, but I like ...

But Wow, Rega's top of the line tonearms and decks have come a long way since then and people should take notice. But turning a customer on to Rega's top of the line gear won't happen at a Linn dealer that also happens to carry Rega, not if they can help it anyway.. There is truth in that. Linn imp...

In my experience the Karousel is more in tune than the Cirkus but not clearly better than the pre-Circus black lined bearing. Very interesting post, thank you. I got the Cirkus shortly after it came out and was very impressed with it at first. In Hi-Fi ways it was clearly better. It was only after ...

As per my signature I have a Basik Plus....I now run a Rega Ania on the end of Basik Plus. Additional upgrades include Cirkus/Kore and Lingo 3. Very happy. If I were you I would be changing the arm as the Basik is well out of its depth. Yes, you would need to change the sub-chassis to accommodate a...

I suspect turntable manufacturers steer clear of Rega arms for one reason - cost. They don't want Rega absorbing any of their profit. Yes, I'm sure that if they are capable of making their own arms they would prefer to do that but other manufactures do use Rega arms. Nad, Goldring, Michell, and man...

..the 76/S was a big step forward, the Nagaoka MP300 significant better than the Grado Prestige Gold, Arm matching is important and it's worth noting that many older and budget tonearms were not designed to work with moving coil cartridges. Rigidity, bearing quality and compliance are variables whi...

I never compared MM and MC on my turntable, so I don’t know. But talking about transparency (mr. Pig), Nagaoka Mp’s are big deals. The MP 300 a killer for about 750 Euro is very transparent, detailed, with body and soul. The MP 500 might even be more impressive for the price of about of about 900 E...

That's a good point about costs.Having had the Asaka Klyde ArkivB and Akiva and maybe a Krystal on my Ekos 1. That money would have been better put towards an Ekos SE. Yip. Linn themselves demed the Ittok/Troika against the Ekos (Mk1)/Basik, a Basik cartridge for crying out loud, and the Ekos/Basic...

I was just wondering if MMs do something that MCs aren't as good at. Mmm, sort of. MM can give you a sense of solidity and weight that a lot of MC carts lack, but not all MM carts and not all MC carts! As I said, up to about £500 I really don't see the merit in MC carts. You don't get MM carts abov...

Arjen wrote: ↑2021-12-25 22:40 I don’t think any MC can beat this in my setup.

I think they might!..

I don't know if I could say I prefer one or the other, it's a matter of context. They are not the same. Generally speaking, MCs have more air and fine detail and MMs sound more solid and robust but these are fairly huge and imprecise generalizations, There can be a lot of overlap. I certainly don't ...

I’ve herd it’s worse. Almost all of the opinions on the Karousel I've heard have been very positive. They say it's a really good upgrade and combines the best aspects of the Cirkus and pre-Cirkus bearings while having more detail than either. I remember similar hype about the Cirkus though which, a...

Linn have sourched their entry tonearm from three different suppliers: Project, Jelco and now Clearaudio. They have obviously avoided the RB300-330 series for some reason. The arms are different geometry for a start. Linn are not going to sell turntables who two different arm geometries. Rega can't...

I would love to hear how musical your deck would sound with a comparable (price wise) Linn arm. Worse! I've used LP12s for thirty years. I've had Basik LVX, Basik Plus, Akito and Ittok LVII arms. Had a lot of Rega arms too, I have six in the house just now. Two RB250s, a stripped and rewired RB300,...

Discodave wrote: ↑2021-12-24 14:04 Can you refine your analysis concentrating on musicality only?

Sure.

My new turntable is more musical than my last one :0)

I've just realized that I haven't updated this thread to let you know what I built, sorry about that. The chassis is a 2018 mechanics kit. Cirkus bearing, limited edition fluted walnut plinth. To this I've nailed a Majik PSU, Stack Audio Tenor sub-chassis, standard Linn armboard and a Rega RB3000. I...

I haven't heard the RP-10, only the lower cost Rega turntables. The cheaper Regas are fine, I have a Planar 3 and 2 and the P1 is a fantastic turntable. Nothing like the RP10 it has a warm, full, bouncy sound that's very engaging. It's also very forgiving of vinyl quality and get music out of any r...

Talking about turntables, am I a strange duck in the pond as I am probably the only one in this forum playing a vintage Lenco Very good turntable. I had an L75 is it? Can't remember the number now. I did a bit to it, replaced the liners and thrust pad in the bearing etc, and even with the stock arm...

I had a Rega RP10 for two years. After thirty years of LP12 ownership I fancied buying an end-game turntable and all the reviews of the RP10 suggested it performed well above its price point and was a very musical turntable. At first I was impressed with the levels of clarity, neutrality, low noise ...

It would indeed have been fair to say that Rega dominate the budget tonearm market. It is pretty obvious that nobody can make as good an arm for $400 or $600 as what Rega makes so nobody even tries. But I haven't heard of any other turntable manufacturer who OEMs an RB3000, I'm not sure what you me...

snatex wrote: ↑2021-12-23 00:05 Spicy take. I'd like to hear some more opinions on this subject. How well do the Rega arms integrate with the Kore and Keel

Linn really don't want you to put a non-Linn arm on your LP12. Especially not a Rega.

However, your own rationale seems to place great weight on the tonearm. Which in my own experience is quite far down the TT hierarchy. Yes, I agree but it's still very important and does things that can't be fixed in other ways. Take speed stability for example. If a deck has poor speed stability, ...