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I have been in this pursuit for nearly 35 years. Turned 50 last year and thought to myself if I don't get my dream system now I never will. Starting last August have revamped the entire system and am really proud of the sound. Its no mean feat to cobble together an all tube/electrostatic system in my native country, India, given the limited availability of brands.The latest entrant is a VPI 16.5 record cleaning machine.Have gone vinyl and loving every minute !
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    • Musical Fidelity Kw DM 25 transport
    Transport that is the identical other half of the DAC
    • Musical Fidelity Musical Fidelity Kw DM 25 DAC
    Tube/solid state DAC
    • Conrad Johnson CT 5
    One notch lower than the top of the line ART.
    • Conrad Johnson LP 70S
    70wpc power amp in the successor line to the Premier series
    • Quad 2905
    Superior build quality and fit n' finish over the 989s
    • Cardas Golden Reference Interconnects
    All cables Cardas except power chords
    • Cardas Golden Reference Speaker Cables
    Sits on home made wooden cable elevators
    • Transparent and Straightwire Power Chords
    A mish mash of Transparent Audio and Straightwire power chords. The latter are the green ones.
    • MBL Stands
    Bought from Coherence Audio ,Singapore. OEM for the MBL range from Germany.
    • Shunyata Research VRay
    Replaced the Hydra 6. An outstanding piece of gear.
    • Shunyata Research Anaconda
    Top of the line power chord that feeds the VRay from the wall outlet
    • TW Acustic Raven AC 1
    A German bemoth of a TT
    • Triplanar Mk 7 U 2
    Utterly nude Triplanar with the dampening trough removed. Mounted on a Padauk(wood found only in the Andaman Islands, Indian Ocean)arm board.
    • Nagra VPS phonostage plus VFS
    Massive upgrade from the Sutherland Phd
    • Transfiguration Orpheus L
    New generation Orpheus
    • REL Acoustics REL 505
    A mid size sub that adds solid LFE. Mates well with the Quads.
    • Harmonic Resolution Systems (HRS) S-1
    Rests under the Gyro. The TT feet and motor housing all rest on HRS Nimbus spacers and couplers. Am using HRS dampening plates on top of all components. Do they work? No idea coz am a sucker for snake oil and assorted mumbo jumbo. Darn expensive tweak.

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Owner
Chadnliz
The RB 300 is a great arm. I see that you are using it with an Audio Technica cartridge on your Sota TT(how did you get it free, lucky you !!).The major difference between the RB 300 and RB 1000 ,IMHO, is a much greater retrieval of detail.As a poor analogy, assume the lp is a dirty carpet and the RB 1000 a more powerful vaccum cleaner. You are hearing much more of whats on the lp.To derive max satisfaction from a RB 1000 you would ideally need a cart thats best suited.I am not familiar with the Audio Technica and hence can't really comment on whether its a good match for the RB 1000 or not.As I discovered you can't really drop the RB 1000 into the same slot as the RB 300. The armband will need 3 holes to be drilled to accomodate the triangular mounting mechanism of the RB 1000. This is no big deal if you know a good machinist or have a good dealer. If you are in a position to go for it, I strongly recommend the RB 1000.Do however check out the other competing tonearms at this price point.
Cheers

sunnyboy1956

I own the RB3OO and would like to know what you think of the 1000 as I assume it would be a drop in replacement on my SOTA table............how significant is the upgrade?

chadnliz

Owner
Jsujo and Chadnlitz
Many thanks, appreciate your kind words.The system is really beginning to sound great. The Rega RB 300 has made way for the RB 1000.
No more upgraditis for now.
Cheers and Happy listening.

sunnyboy1956

You have great gear, I bet it sounds fantastic!

chadnliz

Great looking system!

jsujo

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