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Technics 1210/RB-250 vs. stock arm + fluid damper

I'm in the market for a new (used) turntable, and I'd like to try a Technics 1200 variant. I have the opportunity to buy a used SL-1210 with Rega RB-250 arm & armboard at a reasonable price. An alternative would be a used SL-1210 with the stock arm, and adding the KAB fluid damper. (I assume that the fluid damper does not fit the Rega arm, both literally and figuratively). I plan on using an Audio-Technica AT440MLa cartridge that I recently bought for my outgoing table.

In theory, the Rega arm is better than the stock Technics arm. But does this automatically hold true on this TT? And what about the addition of the damper? Does anyone have any ears-on experience? Your true-life experience or wild, theoretical prognostication is requested.
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3-18-08: Tvad
I found it interesting that the Artisan Audio Capricio tonearm offered on Galibier turntables...very fine tables...has a removable headshell with azimuth adjustment ala the Sumiko headshell for the Technics.

for the price of that arm rewired you could buy a used SME309 and put that on the Technics.. this is an excellent combo and you can add the SME V fluid dampener to that arm also, plus they make SME mounts for the SL1200, similar to the origin live armboard. That was my other thought about the an arm option for the SL1200's.
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