Chops54
pfm Member
The correct mounting distance for the RB250/300 is 222mm but they can be mounted at 219mm and you have to skew the cartridge slightly in the headshell and align it using Baewald geometry. It's all there on the VE forum and it's said to reduce overall tracing distortion across the record. That does make it slightly easier only having to move the hole back 5mm. You'll still have the arm height to deal with though. Now I'm not sure if the Rega arm will sit in a hole in the deck because of the anti skate and lift lower machinism but I can dig out my old 78 and try my spare Rega in the hole if you like. On the other hand if you're not bothered by aesthetics and don't mind some work then you could always put the deck in a better plinth and turn it 90 degrees clockwise and put the Rega arm on the plinth. I think Bryan mentioned this a few posts back. This accomplishes the same as putting it in a hole in the deck in that it gets the arm off the top plate and it reduces the height of the arm relative to the platter.