Help Viridian will a Denon 103 work in a Rega arm

Marty, one caveat. Unless I also had a Pete Riggle VTA adjuster, or equivalent, I would never own another Rega-based arm. Pains in the hynie, IMHO.
David

I used a 103 and 103R in an OL Silver (basically a Rega). Works fine. However, it performed a good deal better using the TWL HI-FI mod as described extensively in other threads, here. Personally, I prefer the plain jane 103 to some of the other variations available on today's new market.

Marty, I had to go back and look at my old notes because I no longer have a Rega-based arm in my home. My son has one but it is doing the "Jazz Goes to College" tour! :-)

Anyway, like Dan, the VTA was of less importance than VTF. We set the VTA just a cat's whisker below level in the back and my notes say the "best" VTF was at 1.83 using my cheap digital scale. This was based on a "standard" thickness LP and the VTA mentioned. SO, your mileage can, and most certainly will, vary but that should get you in the ballpark. Let me tell you, it is nice to have a cartridge that you don't have to adjust VTA too often with the Rega arms. I would imagine that those folks who like to adjust VTA for each and every LP thickness would sooner have the crabs than a Rega arm. I am not quite that obsessive about VTA, but I do like the ability to adjust for differences in cutting angles and thicknesses on my favorites and when doing VERY critical listening. Even at that level of finicky, I'd strongly suggest the Pete Riggle VTA adjuster.

In this thread and several others on this site, folks prefer the 103 to the 103R so EVERYTHING you've read cannot be in favor of the 103R. :-)

Seriously, some will agree, some will disagree. The only way to fnd out is to listen for yourself. Or, if you have found that there is someone whose word is correct in every instance, follow their advice and hope they are correct in this case, too.

..Of course, said in another way.... ;-)

I've heard of folks tracking theirs heavier, too, but that decidedly wasn't what worked in our expereince with an Origin Live Silver. The 250, 300, etc. must be different in that regard because I've heard others with those arms were in the 2.0+ range, as I recall. Funny, too, because I think 2.2 is at the extreme end of what Denon suggests. (?) Everyone I've spoken with who had the OL arms preferred the lighter weight. I will leave it to someone with more technical chops to explain why that might ne the case.