Send an email to Simon Clark [email protected] he will give you pricing and ordering infoWhere to buy Rigb95 ?
I have looked most of the day and can't find a source.
Search RigB on FacebookWhere to buy Rigb95 ?
I have looked most of the day and can't find a source.
That’s excellent, glad yours split open easily, my ML body was a bit of a pain, in the end rather than post it back I bought the whole thing, meant I could buy a cheap stylus for the old body and now have a spare AT95 cart.I e-mailed Simon at 06:43 this morning (Sunday) and, after a couple of messages, I received this at 07:03:
Malcolm
Whilst we offer the RigB for the AT91 and VM500/700 series as a DIY kit, the RigB 95 (for AT95 and VM95) is only sold 'fitted by us'.
If you send your cartridge or generator to us, we'll fit the RigB for £59 including return postage.
Or for £69, we'll simply send out a new generator with the RigB fitted.
If you let me know if (and how) you wish to proceed, I'll connect you with my colleague Martin for payment and despatch.
Simon
That has to be great service!
Really good to know. I do like it through my Rotel phono stage. If I needed a new stylus where would I buy one. I know there are countless 3rd party on the net.Any recommendations?If it is a VMS20 and it is in good working condition then I highly doubt you will better it for 200 or less, maybe even more than that.
In what way does the rigid body sound better? How does the sound change?
It's just clearer in every way really, leading edges, texture, decays, dynamics.
Really good to know. I do like it through my Rotel phono stage. If I needed a new stylus where would I buy one. I know there are countless 3rd party on the net.Any recommendations?
AT carts are already at the lean end of the scale. Doesn't a metal body accentuate that?
I think Jelco used to do a decent one but not sure if they are still around.It's a long out of production cartridge there aren't any as far as I know, other than the cheapy generic replacements.
If you like the VM20 I'd keep an eye out for a NoS. If you’re using the stock Thorens arm it’s low mass 7.5g and “likes” a highish compliance cart that doesn’t need a lot of tracking force, under 1.5g is a figure I’ve seen mooted.I’m really enjoying the Thorens TD166 mk2. I still need to fettle the suspension for the Thorens ‘bounce’ but I wondered how far one could go with a cartridge. I’m using a vintage Ortofon VM20 at the moment. I’m a classical listener predominantly. I like a darker, richer sound where mid detail is enough and treble picks out the strings without stridency. Any recommendations from the more experienced TT lovers?
Will also depend on the phono stage/cabling? An AT95 and OC9 do not sound nice into my Cyrus Phono, I can hear what the reviewers mean about the top end, with other stages I’ve not heard that problem and wondered why they got a slagging.AT carts are already at the lean end of the scale. Doesn't a metal body accentuate that?
I think Jelco used to do a decent one but not sure if they are still around.
Ah. Could be Jico.Jico? Still in production: https://www.jico-stylus.com/product/d-20e-ii-nude/