I preferred the Mission 774 arm back in the day, but it was no looker.
Blimey Jez, you better hide under the stairs after that - some people think the 3009 was the best thing since the resurrection and even the III has acolytes who fill fight to the death!
As I recall, I think Rega also recently announced that it would no longer be making their arms accessible to the OEM market. I bet Jelko have brought their Christmas party early to celebrate!
I've had both series II and III and really didn't like them. The III did seem to work well with an Ortofon VMS30 though...
I had a III on a Thorens TD160 used with a VMS20E. I also used Dynavector 10X and Denon 103 in the same arm - in all cases that was with the damper.
this one?One of the best arms ever made IMHO. My big regret is that for 20 plus years I thought to myself that someday their greatness will be recognised and then the price will spiral and that I should get one soon... guess what...
this one?
this one?
Had mine for about 12 years - going absolutely nowhere (cost me £80)Nah the original 774
Don't know why they bothered to make an announcement, I am sure the business is very low volume and has been for years, if they stockpiled a few dozens arms no one would have been the wiser for years, The fact they are still selling arms as part of the turntable package means they still have the tooling to make them, so what's the point of the announcement?
Yep I never liked the 3009 II or III. Virtually anything will beat them on sound quality. Nice looks and build though.