Tonearm suggestions

I'd take a look at the Audiomods options and the Funk FXR.

Bot have been reviewed by Jason Kennedy.

Very excited for my Audiomods with the micrometer to arrive. Dover, good to hear your thoughts on it vs the 1000. I'd love to hear are more detailed comparison of the sound.

As far as other Rega issues here, be aware that the Rega built arms not labelled as Rega don't always use the same wiring that Rega uses. Sometimes that is very visible in the RCA connectors used. Not that there aren't tons of rewire kits out there.

The Audiomods has the excellent micrometer VTA options, but for other Rega arms without easy VTA adjustment there are good options such as Pete Riggle's VTAF.

Here's a link to a review of the newest Audiomods arm:

http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/audiomods/1.html

Based on the 6moons review I linked to above, it looks like the newer Audiomods arms are based on the RB300. Not sure what sort of difference that may make. I did like that the 6moons reviewer put the Audiomods in context with regards to what SME arms sounded superior to his ears. The other reviews have been raves that give less of an idea where the ceiling like with Audiomods arms.

And note that the arms that Dover compares Audiomods to are $1900 (RB1000) and $2850 (Omega).

Not trying to be a fanboy but want to put the recs above in context.

If you are considering the RB1000, you might want to take this advice posted over on Vinyl Engine:

"Re: Rega RB1000 over RegaRB700

post by zharca » 18 Apr 2012 18:37
If you are thinking of buying a top Rega arm like the 1000 then it may be worth waiting a while because the new 303 arm tube is going to find it's way into the rest of the range and it should make a big improvement as it really is a much better design.

If you take a look at Paul Miller's graphs, the 303 now measures better than the 1000, so if a "1003" version arrives with the new armtube plus the RB1000 stainless base and wiring it should be a very good arm indeed."