paul cbc Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Hey folks, Looking for a RB 250 tonearm for a turntable I am putting together. Generic (ie: Moth) equivalents are fine. My thanks, Paul[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul cbc Posted February 15, 2006 Author Share Posted February 15, 2006 Bump! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwhaples Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Paul, Sweet tonearm. Well worth the hunt! My Thorens has one and I added a VTA of the fly. Love it! Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul cbc Posted February 15, 2006 Author Share Posted February 15, 2006 Thanks Larry. Have you done any other mods to your arm-rewire, counterweight? Some sort of VTA adjusting ability seems critical (Duh), seems silly these arms don't have something better than spacers included in their design. I'll keep lookin'. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.records Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Paul, what table are you going to put it on? Just curious. I went over to a guys house today and listened to his Nottingham Horizon with a RB250 arm today and was impressed. He had a Dynavector cart mounted on it. Very clean, detailed sound. I am thinking about looking for one to mount on my Thorens. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul cbc Posted February 15, 2006 Author Share Posted February 15, 2006 Paul, what table are you going to put it on? Just curious. I went over to a guys house today and listened to his Nottingham Horizon with a RB250 arm today and was impressed. He had a Dynavector cart mounted on it. Very clean, detailed sound. I am thinking about looking for one to mount on my Thorens. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul cbc Posted February 15, 2006 Author Share Posted February 15, 2006 argh...not happy with the software[:@] Steve, I am picking up (fingers crossed) a Kenwood KD 500 turntable to mate with this arm. My existing turntable-Thorens TD 125 w/ Grace 707 arm and Shure cartridges is a completely different type setup: Suspended table, low mass tonearm, high compliance carts. Should be a fun project and yield a table better suited to medium (+) cartridges. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.records Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 argh...not happy with the software[:@] Steve, I am picking up (fingers crossed) a Kenwood KD 500 turntable to mate with this arm. My existing turntable-Thorens TD 125 w/ Grace 707 arm and Shure cartridges is a completely different type setup: Suspended table, low mass tonearm, high compliance carts. Should be a fun project and yield a table better suited to medium (+) cartridges. Paul Paul, is the 500 one of the faux marble plinth jobs? A friend has a 550 and he is considering doing the same thing. Also, there is a guy on the vinylasylum site named tubesforever who mounted a 250 on his Kenwood (500 I think) and he raves about it. I have a Thorens 160 with a Linn LVX arm that I enjoy, but would love to have a 125 with an SME arm. Someday!! Sounds like a fun project you are working on for sure. I hope you will post a pic when you get it done along with your impression. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul cbc Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 Steve, The 500 does indeed have the faux marble-Corian looking plinth. It is the same table as the 550, just sold without an arm. There were enough of the 125's paired with SME arms that there must have been something right about the combination. I hope you bump into a nice one someday. I will for sure post a pic, and some thoughts on the table when I get it together.[] Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwhaples Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Thanks Larry. Have you done any other mods to your arm-rewire, counterweight? Some sort of VTA adjusting ability seems critical (Duh), seems silly these arms don't have something better than spacers included in their design. I'll keep lookin'. Paul Paul, Counterweight yes,wires down the road.I picked up a SME arm and a TD160 Thorens to put together.But then bought another TD160 already set up with Rega arm.After installing the VTA and using it ,I can't imagine going without it. Tricky turning the adjusting wheel while spinning records,but it makes a big difference. Good Luck! Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul cbc Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 Larry, That's the same upgrade progression I anticipate-VTA, counterweight, then rewire. (Unless I can find the whole shebang used.) From doing some reading the conterweight seems to make the greatest difference, followed by the rewire. Thanks! Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazman Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Hey folks, Looking for a RB 250 tonearm for a turntable I am putting together. Generic (ie: Moth) equivalents are fine. My thanks, Paul[] The RB250 is readily available as new and used. If installing VTA, look for the Expressimo Audio VTA kit which fits in the stock RB250 mounting hole. The next improvement for your RB250 would be the Expressimo Heavyweight counterweight. http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?anlgtnrm&1145122254 Klipsch out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rigma Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Jazman, Did you get the PM I sent you yesterday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazman Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 rigma, I sent you a detailed email. Let me know by email if you don't get it and I can resend.e_long@sbcglobal.net Klipsch out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul cbc Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 Jazman, Thanks for the info. There seems to be a TON of modification options for this arm. I was looking at the JA Michell counterweights. Any experience with these? Appreciate the link to the audiogon listing. If it's yours let's talk. Like I said before, I'd rather put my money towards the counterweight and VTA. Probably do a rewire down the line with a single run of good wire, ie: Cardas. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazman Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Paul, The Audiogon listing is not mine. It's just what happens to be available on the site at the moment. The arms show up quite often for sale. I use the Expressimo Adjustable Heavyweight counterweight on my VPI JWM 10 tonearm, and I have owned a Rega table with the RB300 arm in the past. Klipsch out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul cbc Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 Jazman, Thanks for getting back to me. I'll keep watching Audiogon to see what turns up. Hopefully I can find one with a counterweight, etc. Paul[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Here is a JA Mitchell modified with VTA, SS stub and low slung counterweight RB-250 NIB for $350BIN: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5866236912&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 No connection, etc. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul cbc Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 Rick, Thanks for the heads up.[] Just saw that earlier today-snipe is set. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul cbc Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 Ooops-bad form. Fellow forum members: I am going to bid on this tonearm, but don't want to bid against another forum member. If you've been watching this/plan to bid, please let me know and I'll back off. Plenty of tonearms out there. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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