It is surprising how many folk have a TT set up properly by the dealer and then do not put it on a level surface at home.
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I get that there are “ recomended” settings. But as this is a MC (your Exact was a MM), the recommended settings often do not sound the best.
Many MCs for example will simply say a load resistance of greater than 100 ohm. And whilst correct, that does not mean 100 ohm. You may find 500 or 1000 suits your taste better. Similar with a capacitance settings. Gain settings should be set to not overload your pre amps inputs.
Now some will turn this into an exact, no pun intended, science. Arguing over whether a cartridge sounds better with 526 or 527 ohm.
But the load resistance is worth playing with, especially if you have a phono that makes it easy.
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Because of my disabilities, I can’t get to the settings to change them. The amount of time with the dealer’s tech is not infinite. I may just have to go with Rega recommendations.
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You don’t need a dealer to do the tweaking with your phono. Just someone else to do the twiddling, whist you listen.
There is nobody else. I’m doing the best I can.
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Husband left?
I am going to go against the collective here. If the dealer tech knows what he is doing his installation will be perfect. Anyone who likes to twiddle may gain a very small increase in performance. The risk of fecking it up though is great. I’d talk to the tech and let him do his job. Then just leave it alone and listen.
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I agree with you, but this is the same outfit that couldn’t remove the P9s cartridge without breaking one of the connections ( and was unable to fix it- simple soldering job).
Fully agree; we tend to over-complicate matters!
@Thegreatroberto Different tech.
I agree with this comment. If, at Rega’s settings, it does not sound good, then there is something somewhere else in the system that is not right. Rega do specify a range for tracking force (and therefore bias)….this does make a difference to the sound. Loading is a matter of matching output and input parameters of the cartridge to the phono stage, the output characteristics of the cartridge are set by its design. Not all dealers know how to set up a TT!
Please STOP. MY husband is here, but it requires getting to the back of the NVCTT as I understand it, which neither of us can do.
He will do it in his shop probably, then sell the P9 and get a good margin lol.
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@frenchrooster I said earlier on in the thread that I am not faulting anyone. Stuff happens. My dealer gave me a good trade in, factoring the age of the P9. It was time to move on.
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Always fancied a P9. Got as far as a P25, unfortunately ending with an Exact cartridge, which was anything but.
I loved my P25 and then P9. P9 with Koetsu black.
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I Hope he took it for no less than 1k.
I never knew what it was to move up the Rega lineup. I moved from an LP12 to a Rega P9, because of dealer change and disability The change from a P9 to a P10 is my first movement within the Rega lineup
This is bordering on bullying. Let Jaybar and husband make their own decisions.
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@Jaybar Ask the dealer if they could come visit you in one month after they have installed the P10. Then they could start with the recommended 100 ohms and if after one month you feel there is something to be changed, they could go for a little higher loading. I would believe they can support you on this matter. Otherwise it’s really straight forward, just let it play and enjoy!
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