New Cartridge - Rega Planar 3 and RB300

[Jason36]

OK I have been thinking about this for a while now and I have owned my turntable for 6 weeks or so and I have no idea how old the Elys2 cartridge I have is...so want to change this ( I really dont fancy finding out at a later date the stylus has been damaging my Vinyl).

I have noticed however that it is really dificult to demo new cartridges though :-(

So how do you base your decision....is it a case of trial and error and hoping for the best???

With my setup as it stands I was thinking of probably spending in the region of £100 to £150 on a new cartridge and the options I have identified are:

Goldring 2100 / Audio Technica AT440mla / Ortofon 2M blue / Audio Technica AT150MLX / Denon DL110

I am leaning towards the Goldring 2100 but at the price of £100 is this likely to match the other cartidges, is it really that good?

What are other Rega Plannar 3 owners using and what do they recommend?

 

[Chokobolt]

I use the Rega Exact as you can see. I wanted my Rega P3-24 to be fully "upgraded" so while getting the turntable in red gloss and with the Rega TT-PSU I also asked the shop I bought it from, to mount it with the Exact instead of the Elys

 

[Jason36]

How does the Exact sound??

Anbody know how it compares with the cartridges I mentioned??

 

[Chokobolt]

You have read the review of the Rega Exact here on this page right?

 

[Chokobolt]

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[Jason36]

Does anyone know if I need to fit spacers to the RB300 arm if I go for either the Goldring 2100 or either of the Audio Technica Cartidges??

 

[Al ears]

As far as I know you will not require spacers for either of those cartridges.