Looking for some turntable/tonearm/cartridge guidance

Hi coreyt,

The Moerch is one of the worst tonearms made. You are far better off with the Technoarm 2. If that is not available get a Rega RB3000. It is very similar to the Technoarm and will handle the Hana beautifully. The Moerch fails because it is a unipivot and it is way to flexible. To work well a tonearm has to be firmly trapped in 2 dimensions, the horizontal and the vertical. It has to be very stiff to absorb the vibration coming from the cartridge and not reflect it back. Both the Technoarm and the RB3000 meet these requirements. 

@coreyt - take a look at audiomods arms - thay are extremely well made and performance is excellent - probably the last arm you will ever buy

www.audiomods.co.uk

I’ve had my Series III since 2007 and it still amazes me, but the newer audiomods are even better.

Send Jeff at audiomods an email about your setup adn he will probably be able to tailor one to fit

Regards - Steve

@mijostyn I was looking at the RB3000 recently, unfortunately I can't find an armboard for the turntable for Rega. This turntable has been a pain to finish actually. I've had it since August, but there are no Rega armboards anywhere, same with the Michell arms. I have one on order from the US distributor directly, but it's just dragging on and on. I have an SME armboard, but newer SME arms are well out of my price range right now, and the 3009s seem to be not so great based on reviews. Though at this point, "not so great" is better than nothing maybe.

@williewonka I looked into the Series Six a while back, but after emailing they never responded about what kind of armboard I'd need to mount on the Gyro. Googling I haven't found anything. 

I am not familiar with Michell TT s, but what is so special about the arm board that prevents you from finding a machinist who could make one to your specs? It’s probably just a matter of drilling a hole in the right location on a blank arm board.

Also, check spindle to pivot distance for the arm you want to use vs P2S for the available arm boards. You might luck out and find that one of them is actually useable with your chosen tonearm.

@lewm I had a similar thought, but this table is a floating suspension type. The armboard is pretty much just a ring with 3 holes to mount it to the floating plinth. I just have no idea how I would know what needs to be in place for a Rega arm to mount to something. Then the weight is specific too from my understanding of the board. Basically if someone had a diagram of what to make I'd definitely look into finding someone to make one out of wood/metal/acrylic. Nothing comes up when I look though.