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I was really hoping to avoid having to shim the tone arm, but that is looking more and more like a possibility. Elys 2 is $345 in US

The cartridge that is on there is stock. I believe it is an entry level Audio Technica Ultimately I plan on upgrading the entire signal path, but for now the receiver I am using has to do double duty as a multimedia device for the time being. The Rega Exact runs about $650 USD which is not...

Recently bought a Rega Planar 2 and have a few questions about upgrades. In terms of upgrading the cartridge I understand that in the US the Rega Exact is very expensive but adding a shim to the tonearm allows for some other cheaper models to be added. Is this challenging/difficult to do? The...