A Rega tweak I hope to see!

[JohnMichael]

Since I have tweaked about every part of my Planar 2 I am thinking up a new tweak. I am intrigued by the brace Rega is using on their new tables. I could see one of the aftermarket manufactures such as Deepgroove or Groove Tracer making a brace that would work with the older tables using the center post mounting system.

Since the main bearing housing and the tonearm are easy to remove and reinstall the tweak would be easy for most anyone. Care in design would be important because the brace would need to be thin under the bearing housing. If it was too thick it would raise the bearing well which would raise the subplatter. If the subplatter is too high the belt may not align with both pulleys. Too high and the belt might not stay on the subplatter at 45 rpm.

While they are designing the brace they should try to engineer a slim mount with a helical screw for VTA adjustment. I am thinking of something similar to the focusing helicals of older mechanical lenses. The arm could screw into the inner ring and that inner ring could be raised or lowered using an outer ring.

Yes I am bored at work. Yes I know I need to spend some serious money on a turntable. Yes I have had great fun raising the performance of my table. Yes I will always keep the table. Yes I will try tweaks. Oh and soon I will be discovering the benefits of the Rega TT PSU.

[02audionoob]

Check out this guy's Rega upgrades:

hi-fi avenue: Michael Lim's upgrades for turntables

Enjoy life with LP's and Turntables: Double or dual metal pulley upgrade for Rega turntables

[JohnMichael]

Thanks for the links. The only thing I see that I have not done is the double belt. I would need to purchase the Rega TT PSU so I could use it and still play my 45 rpm 12 inch discs.

Metal subplatter, lowered counterweight, cones and rubber feet for isolation are already working for me.

[JohnMichael]

Michael Lim has created a dual brace system for Rega ttables. Yes my Rega will be braced soon. I am tweakishly excited.

[02audionoob]

I'm intrigued by this. I will be looking forward to reading about what you hear.

[JohnMichael]

Here are pictures of the brace. First the top brace and below the bottom brace.