Rega RB250 in the works...

[cj66]

Said arm has been in a drawer for years now.
It has a bias problem, wanting to veer strongly outwards from the decks spindle, to the point of being unusable .

I have assumed this was due to a rather naff rewire that was done to it, I'm reasonably sure the DIY loom used is too stiff and badly executed, plus a completely missing pillar bung/plug/thingamywotnot.

Maybe my Googling skills are failing me but I can't seem to find a "standard" rewire kit. Everything seems to be the Carlos Fandango Super-pooper upgrade for a hundred notes plus. Am I wrong to not want to spend the original value of the entire arm on a few lengths of wire?

Anyway, recommendations invited on a kit/way to get the arm operational again for far less sqiddlies are invited.

 

[gavreid]

Incognito - it's worth the money, really!

https://www.analogueseduction.net/t...-tonearm-cardas-rewire-kit-for-rega-arms.html

 

[eevo1969]

Audio Origami will do a rewire for £80 or maybe he’ll be happy to sell you the wire if you diy? Worth a try….

 

[colasblue]

I've bought Cardas Litz from this fella a few times

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/11244623...d=link&campid=5338728743&toolid=20001&mkevt=1

Use whatever you like for arm pillar to amp but Van Damme pro patch works really well for little money.

Similar to the Incognito kit but a lot cheaper and very much the entry level option.

If you go with J7 he'll recommend Ikeda over the other options.

I have one of his reworks which uses Kondo silver fairy wire which is a bit fragile by comparison (and very good it is too).

I also have a brand spanking new RB3000 waiting in the wings but haven't had time to try it out yet.

 

[cj66]

@colasblue
Thanks for that, exactly the kind of thing I was thinking on, just add a bung.

I've just found this one also...

https://www.ebay.co.uk /itm/403709714693?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=hkzvbctyqvw&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=lS0waq_XTGu&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

A little more but complete, could be a goer...

 

[John R]

This is the internal wire I like.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/11232714...d=link&campid=5338728743&toolid=20001&mkevt=1

I can attest to it being easy to work with. I also use coloured Sharpie's to code each end when I'm rewiring an arm.

 

[Arkless Electronics]

It's just wire. Pick whatever's thin and flexible enough and available in the correct colour codes. Avoiding having to buy a 100M reel of each colour is likely the issue!

 

[cj66]

For now I've done an Arkless, found a shop with suitable wire for peanuts and an interim job is done.
The player has been in storage for a long while and I'm not out of the woods yet.
Definitely need a new belt and to check the power supply and motor. I'm getting a pulsating or helicopter sound from the motor itself. I think it's playing very slightly slow as well.
Once that's done I'll treat it to something like an AT-VM95ml, I think the Elan is probably well past it's best, not a cart. I was enamoured with but it's the only one I had.