dear gurus, thanks for the comments so far. i am hesistant to add weight on the tonearm just to get this thing balance. taping a penny to the headshell came to my mind but i was a little apprehensive about stability. i have to admit i bought the table and cartridge from a non-rega dealer and so far he has not been too helpful. the counterweight is in the right direction and it is the lightest counterweight tha rega makes to the best of my knowledge. i guess i need to contact rega-laureman audio to get further directions. i thank all those that replied. does anybody has the email address for: laurerman audio? thanks, curtis.
analog gurus, please help, cartridge too light?
dear gurus, i recently purchased a rega p25 tt with the rb600 arm. the tt was also purchased with a benz micro mc20e2 cartridge which i understand later is a very light cartridge with a weight of 4 grams total. my problem is that i cannot get the arm to balance even with the counterweight all the way forward and tracking force and the antiskate setting to zero. the arm still goes up quite a bit. should i change to a heavier cartridge? i am hoping not as i already paid for this one with the understanding that this cartridge is compatible with this arm. should i just set the tracking force and antiskate to zero and just use a stylus gauge and set the tracking to 2 grams as recommended? i read somewhere that the rega arm can be set to the max tracking to relieve some spring inside and then adjust the tracking force by the stylus gauge?with my setup right now, is the expressimo heavyweight out of the question? thanks for any comments. yes, i am a newbie. curtis.