RP6 platter wobble

[stevebrock]

its only been 2 days withour a TT - doing my head in now!

Been looking at Gyro & Tecnodecs - the more I look the more I want - if I get new will have to be Tecnodec with RB202 arm @£750

But I will be happy with a wobble free RP6

Are you sure.....really really sure

I don't know now - me heads a shed - lets wait until friday

Inspired Quest Clear & Apollo look nice

 

[chebby]

PS you could always look at a s/h Technic 1200

For £549 refund you can - almost - look at very nice, barely used / unused / boxed Technics SLs. (With money back guarantee.)

Example.

It's what I'd do now if I had the money (and hadn't sold all my LPs.)

Why suffer all the faff?

The MK5Gs look especially cool (unlike laminated* MDF slabs with wonky platters and arms that are virtually 'stapled' on rather than attached with a ruddy gert reassuring nut like they used to be!)

SL1200s/1210s also have extremely easy to adjust VTA and it only costs another £58 to get an Origin Live armplate for a Rega arm if you hanker thus. (One with the ruddy gert nut attachment preferably.)

* (Incoming asterisk) Just realised they are no longer laminated like the old - strong - Regas (with ruddy gert nuts) but are now just sprayed MDF with a little tiny bit of laminate** between spindle and arm.

** Sorry. I meant 'bracing'. (Little tiny vestigal, nay skeletal, bit of laminate with poncey name implying some kind of engineering decision rather than cost cutting).

 

[stevebrock]

Really dont want a SL1200 - look too djey for me, but i know they do sound good!

 

[drummerman]

Really dont want a SL1200 - look too djey for me, but i know they do sound good!

Just enjoy the replacement rega when it comes in, retro-fit all the changes you made and let yourself get used to it before making any more changes.

That, at least, would be my advise.

regards

 

[floyd droid]

Yeah but if Steve bites the bullet and tells em to stuff it he will get full refund. He has only had the cart and phono five minutes so he isnt used to that presentation anyways. If he hangs onto it a Mich is going to cost him more in the long run. He will go Mich* one day trust me.

The more Ive been told on how its nailed together , the more I realise that the Saga is a pile of flimsy tat .

Daylight bloody robbery even for an A class deck.

* cos I keep nagging him ,lol.

 

[Anonymous]

Really dont want a SL1200 - look too djey for me, but i know they do sound good!

Just enjoy the replacement rega when it comes in, retro-fit all the changes you made and let yourself get used to it before making any more changes.

That, at least, would be my advise.

regards

As long as it doesn't wobble

Sorry couldn't resist

 

[Anonymous]

Really dont want a SL1200 - look too djey for me, but i know they do sound good!

Just enjoy the replacement rega when it comes in, retro-fit all the changes you made and let yourself get used to it before making any more changes.

That, at least, would be my advise.

regards

As long as it doesn't wobble

Sorry couldn't resist

 

[geordie777]

I wonder how many people have been put off Rega since reading this thread. I have the RP1 and had been thinking of upgrading to the RP6 or the Michell Tecnodech but having followed this thread it's now a no brainier for me got to be the Technodech.

 

[floyd droid]

arms that are virtually 'stapled' on rather than attached with a ruddy gert reassuring nut like they used to be!)

Better stability with three staples , yeah my ar*e. Or whatever bullshine excuse Mr G gave for changing the mounting.

If you aint got a SME then ' a ruddy gert nut ' beats all.

 

[Anonymous]

To be fair they're not staples but self tapping screws, but yes I would agree cost cutting more likely than improvement

 

[floyd droid]

I wonder how many people have been put off Rega since reading this thread. I have the RP1 and had been thinking of upgrading to the RP6 or the Michell Tecnodech but having followed this thread it's now a no brainier for me got to be the Technodech.

Nail a tecnoarm on it and you will be as happy as a pig in...

Your cart will be just fine and dandy.

 

[Anonymous]

I wonder how many people have been put off Rega since reading this thread. I have the RP1 and had been thinking of upgrading to the RP6 or the Michell Tecnodech but having followed this thread it's now a no brainier for me got to be the Technodech.

Probably, but if you google most makes even Mitchel and Clearaudio you will find bad ones out there.

Complaints about QC motors, belts, arms etc even wobbles

 

[floyd droid]

To be fair they're not staples but self tapping screws, but yes I would agree cost cutting more likely than improvement

Like Chebby , I was avvin a larf.

Self Tappers ? Honestly ?. Not thread inserts ?.

 

[Anonymous]

To be fair they're not staples but self tapping screws, but yes I would agree cost cutting more likely than improvement

Like Chebby , I was avvin a larf.

Self Tappers ? Honestly ?. Not thread inserts ?.

Seriously self tappers I know I've stripped mine down

 

[floyd droid]

Fnunkin ell !!. Steve get yer money back. Dont even bother with it mate.

Unbeeffinlievable.

I'm going for a lie down, thats beyond the sodding pale Andy.

 

[stevebrock]

Thread inserts would certainly be loads better than self-tappers

 

[Anonymous]

Fnunkin ell !!. Steve get yer money back. Dont even bother with it mate.

Unbeeffinlievable.

I'm going for a lie down, thats beyond the sodding pale Andy.

I know when I did upgrade drilled thro and use nyloc nuts and set screws

If I was starting again from last year.

With what I know I would have kept Project debut and saved for Mitchel or Clearaudio orRega P7.

But must say am happy with my modded rega and there are a lot of happy rega owners out there

 

[chebby]

arms that are virtually 'stapled' on rather than attached with a ruddy gert reassuring nut like they used to be!)

Better stability with three staples , yeah my ar*e. Or whatever bullshine excuse Mr G gave for changing the mounting.

If you aint got a SME then ' a ruddy gert nut ' beats all.

Actually it's held on with three screws but it might as well be staples.

I know people never swing their Regas around using the arm as a handle, but it's their whole mechanical integrity thing that is getting eroded away. Three wood screws instead of a RGBN torqued up nice and tight. A vestigal bit of laminate betwixt spindle bearing and arm base (now called 'bracing') instead of the entire slab being laminated on all sides (very strong, very stiff). I guess it's cheaper to use spray paint than laminate.

I preferred my old Regas. Properly solid, nary a wibble let alone a wobble and an arm fixing method that would survive WW3.

 

[alchemist 1]

Fnunkin ell !!. Steve get yer money back. Dont even bother with it mate.

Unbeeffinlievable.

I'm going for a lie down, thats beyond the sodding pale Andy.

Throwing a wobbler.............:wall: ..........

 

[floyd droid]

Thread inserts would certainly be loads better than self-tappers

Steve , one accidental wallop and those fixings will be history mate. Jesus wept all for the price of a handfull of thread inserts.

Shoddy, totaly bloody shoddy.

I would rant the same if twas any other TT manufacturer byraway.

 

[Anonymous]

Thread inserts would certainly be loads better than self-tappers

Steve , one accidental wallop and those fixings will be history mate. Jesus wept all for the price of a handfull of thread inserts.

Shoddy, totaly bloody shoddy.

I would rant the same if twas any other TT manufacturer byraway.

Quite agree but you don't know unless you strip it down to add spacer or to put it on another plinth.I was shocked when I took my P3-24 apart but easily remeded. But on a full price RP6 or even a 1 or 3 considering the price, not really acceptable is it.

There have been quite a lot of complaints about the RP6 tho not just wobble if you look on the web

 

[CnoEvil]

I preferred my old Regas. Properly solid, nary a wibble let alone a wobble and an arm fixing method that would survive WW3.

The Planar 3 cost £188 in 1987. (LP12 was £471 without Arm vs £2k now)......using that rate of inflation, the Planar 3 would now cost about £800.

 

[Anonymous]

I preferred my old Regas. Properly solid, nary a wibble let alone a wobble and an arm fixing method that would survive WW3.

The Planar 3 cost £188 in 1987. (LP12 was £471 without Arm vs £2k now)......using that rate of inflation, the Planar 3 would now cost about £800.

So the decline in quality matches the price or Linn are taking the proverbial

 

[matthewpiano]

Self tapping screws to hold down the arm???? |( Bl**dy heck. Cheap, nasty, rubbish way of doing it.

I've been thinking about looking for either another old Thorens or one of the better battleship-build Japanese Direct Drive decks for a while (possibly Technics but not necessarily as there are some nice decks by JVC, Denon, Pioneer, Trio/Kenwood and Sony out there), and all this does is spur me on.

It really is very disconcerting that products of the price of an RP3 or RP6 aren't engineered to a higher standard than using bloomin self-tappers. |(

Incidentally I did have a TecnoDec for a while with the Rega arm and a Sumiko Evo III cart. Beautifully engineered (different class to the Rega), but the sound was always somehow soul-less, but with hindsight it may well have been the Sumiko rather than anything to do with the turntable itself. Dust trap though, even with the UniCover. One of those things I should have kept and used with some different cartridges...

 

[chebby]

I preferred my old Regas. Properly solid, nary a wibble let alone a wobble and an arm fixing method that would survive WW3.

The Planar 3 cost £188 in 1987. (LP12 was £471 without Arm vs £2k now)......using that rate of inflation, the Planar 3 would now cost about £800.

£188 in 1984 and £250 in 1992. (Quotes from HiFi Choice reviews in VinylEngine.)