Rach Fan
According to the US Rega distributor, there is in fact a MarkII (2) version of the Exact cart. Identified by a black plate at the rear of the cart where cart pins are located. Previous versions had a gray plate and the earliest versions had a yellow plate.
I have a gray plated version, and absolutely love it, if the Mark 2 is better, it must be a very fine cart.
I don't understand why people knock the Rega carts, in my limited experience, both the Bias and Exact are excellent in their price range, when used on a Rega table.
My first Rega table was a Planar 2 and came with a Bias cart premounted, I now own a P25 and use a Zu/Denon 103r, Ortofon 2m Red & Blue, Ortofon OM30 Super, Shure V15VMR, and the Rega Exact. They all have their strengths and weaknesses....the Exact competes with all of them on many levels, and beats them all for pure toe-tapping, musical enjoyment, in my system.
If you own a Rega table, with Rega arm, it is a no-brainer, they work together well, and get the musical message across.
BTW, I use a Rega Fono w/ my Exact and it's specs say 100pf and 47kOhms, so your phono pre's default settings should be perfect. Enjoy!
Jpittman
According to the US Rega distributor, there is in fact a MarkII (2) version of the Exact cart. Identified by a black plate at the rear of the cart where cart pins are located. Previous versions had a gray plate and the earliest versions had a yellow plate.
I have a gray plated version, and absolutely love it, if the Mark 2 is better, it must be a very fine cart.
I don't understand why people knock the Rega carts, in my limited experience, both the Bias and Exact are excellent in their price range, when used on a Rega table.
My first Rega table was a Planar 2 and came with a Bias cart premounted, I now own a P25 and use a Zu/Denon 103r, Ortofon 2m Red & Blue, Ortofon OM30 Super, Shure V15VMR, and the Rega Exact. They all have their strengths and weaknesses....the Exact competes with all of them on many levels, and beats them all for pure toe-tapping, musical enjoyment, in my system.
If you own a Rega table, with Rega arm, it is a no-brainer, they work together well, and get the musical message across.
BTW, I use a Rega Fono w/ my Exact and it's specs say 100pf and 47kOhms, so your phono pre's default settings should be perfect. Enjoy!
Jpittman