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RS A1 Labs rewire

I once read a thread here whereby someone had done a rewire on their
RS A1 Labs stock tone arm resulting in an improved sound. I have had this arm
for several years and replaced the stock wire with same from the factory. I have tried but have never found a wire light enough to replace it with for an upgrade
in sound . I also understand that they went from cartridge leads straight to
the pre amp inputs. I would appreciate it if anyone can shed some light on this.

Thanks
guygus

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maxson
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I just rewired mine yesterday with Discovery cable. I left the headshell leads as is, but I had broken the existing wire at the pivot, so needed a rewire. I was afraid this might foul the pivot, but have had no issues yet. And it's sounding pretty sweet as it burns in. Maybe not as much air as the original cable, but the midrange to mid-bass sounds more solid. Of course, this is with only 10-20 hours of use.

PartsConnexion has Discovery for around $15/ft. You could just extend it to the preamp input, I imagine. I chose to wire it to the RCA outs on the arm as I have a couple great phono cables.
maxson
85 posts
 
Hi Tessera--Did you end up doing this rewire? What wire did you use?
maxson
85 posts
 
Sounds like the Acrotec would be just as hard to work with as the A-M stuff, given that it's 46 ga vs. 41 ga. At least it's copper, which melts at around 200 F. higher.
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